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Jack Kingston: I think these are very good questions and they are valid. As you know, Medicare inflation has been 11 percent a year.…

On the recordJanuary 4, 1996
I think these are very good questions and they are valid. As you know, Medicare inflation has been 11 percent a year. Regular medical inflation is between the 4- and 6-percent range. What our plan does is try to slow down that increase of inflation and growth or growth due to inflation each year and get it down in the 6- to 7-percent range, which the gentleman knows is what Mrs. Clinton called for in 1993.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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Discussing Medicare inflation and proposed plans to manage healthcare costs.

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