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Dick Durbin: “Do I understand that senior citizens, given the choice between traditional Medicare and Medicare HMOs, have already…”

On the recordJune 26, 2003
Do I understand that senior citizens, given the choice between traditional Medicare and Medicare HMOs, have already voted and that 88 or 89 percent of them want traditional Medicare; that they do not want to put their medical fate in the hands of these HMO private insurers who are unreliable, who may or may not cover the procedures they need? Haven't the seniors of this country, with their experience, already voted on this issue we are considering?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Discussing senior citizens' preferences regarding Medicare options.

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