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Danny Davis: “Obamacare raided $700 billion from Medicare, including $300 billion from Medicare Advantage alone, to pay for the ACA.”

On the recordDecember 11, 2013
Obamacare raided $700 billion from Medicare, including $300 billion from Medicare Advantage alone, to pay for the ACA.
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Danny Davis
Democratic · Illinois

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Claim about funding shifts from Medicare to support the Affordable Care Act.

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