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Dick Durbin: Senator Stabenow takes it to another level and says, if you want real competition, one of the options that should always…

On the recordJune 18, 2003
Senator Stabenow takes it to another level and says, if you want real competition, one of the options that should always be available to the senior is to go to a prescription drug plan administered by Medicare itself. Why would you want a Federal agency to administer this plan? I will give you two reasons.…
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing an amendment to the prescription drug plan during Senate floor debate.

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