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On the recordNovember 22, 2003
Represented on this chart are the compensation packages for the HMOs. This is another group that is benefiting. The $12 billion slush fund will be going to HMO companies such as these on the chart. They will leave poor and sicker people behind. There will be a $12 billion slush fund and some more benefits given to HMO companies. Look at the compensation for the executives. It runs from the obscene at Oxford, where Norman Payson gets $76 million.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing the impact of HMO compensation packages during a Senate floor debate.

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