John Shimkus actually said...

We wrestled with how to get Medicare. In fact, a lot of conservative Republicans got beat up quite a bit on this because we expanded in essence an entitlement.

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Shimkus reflects on the challenges of expanding Medicare to include prescription drug coverage.

04/29/2019

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