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Tom Harkin: “I just wonder if, in some of the debate that is coming up on Medicare and stuff, I know it is all focused mostly on…”

On the recordJune 11, 2003
I just wonder if, in some of the debate that is coming up on Medicare and stuff, I know it is all focused mostly on prescription drugs, but I am wondering if we should not--when the horse is leaving the barn to try to get on some of this, too, to see if we can streamline some of this.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Jun 11, 2003

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Senator Harkin discusses the need to streamline Medicare regulations.

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