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Tom Harkin: “A lot of people wanted to do that in 1965, to turn Medicare over to the insurance companies.”

On the recordJuly 23, 2002
A lot of people wanted to do that in 1965, to turn Medicare over to the insurance companies.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of insurance companies' involvement in Medicare.

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