The number I have heard, and you can confirm it, is about $150 billion would be saved by that one change.
Janice Schakowsky: “The number I have heard, and you can confirm it, is about $150 billion would be saved by that one change.”
On the recordJune 24, 2014
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Schakowsky discusses potential savings from a Medicare proposal.
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