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Peter Roskam: “Your report shows that Medicare will now be bankrupt in 2024. Americans would then be forced to either endure a massive…”

On the recordJune 21, 2011
Your report shows that Medicare will now be bankrupt in 2024. Americans would then be forced to either endure a massive tax hike or an immediate 17 percent reduction in expenditures.
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Peter Roskam
Republican · Illinois

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Warning about Medicare's impending bankruptcy and its consequences for Americans.

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