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On the recordJune 25, 2003
Some Medicare HMO choice plans are good. Seniors want them, and they should have the option to turn to them. In my State, though--I don't know if it happened in Pennsylvania--some of these insurance plans came in and decided they couldn't make enough money, and they cut and ran.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing the impact of Medicare HMO choice plans on seniors.

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