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Phil Gingrey: “I think back and wonder if a senior, I am not there yet, I am getting pretty close, but if a senior at age 65 who was…”

On the recordNovember 20, 2003
I think back and wonder if a senior, I am not there yet, I am getting pretty close, but if a senior at age 65 who was used to managed care and that attention, which has been described as prevention, not just episodic, let us say that they had the same kind of coverage that most Members of Congress have today, all of a sudden they turn 65 and Medicare, as we know it, and we have heard it before, we will hear it tomorrow, I am sure, and Medicare as we know it is taking over their care, and they have been on a cholesterol-lowering drug, we call them statins, or maybe they have been on something to prevent osteoporosis, and then all of a sudden they do not get that.
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Phil Gingrey
Georgia

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Discussing the implications of Medicare coverage for seniors during a speech on health care.

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