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Janice Schakowsky: “The Republican Trumpcare proposal would decimate the Medicare program that serves one in four people in Illinois.”

On the recordMarch 20, 2017
The Republican Trumpcare proposal would decimate the Medicare program that serves one in four people in Illinois.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Critiques the Republican healthcare proposal's impact on Medicare in Illinois.

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