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On the recordMarch 17, 2010
But it is really wrong, I think, to put out information that really causes older Americans who are so dependent on Medicare, and that is most of the people on Medicare that really rely on it for most of their health care even if they have a supplemental, to tell them things that just aren't true, that benefits in some way are going to be cut.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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The speaker addresses misinformation regarding Medicare benefits for older Americans.

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