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James A. Lewis: “Last year, Medicare paid nearly $700 billion for health services--$700 billion for health services.”

On the recordJuly 18, 2017
Last year, Medicare paid nearly $700 billion for health services--$700 billion for health services.
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James A. Lewis
Democratic · Illinois

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Emphasizing the financial scale of Medicare's expenditures.

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