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David Walker: “We're going to have to reform social security, Medicare, Medicaid, really control health care costs -- that's not what…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2010
We're going to have to reform social security, Medicare, Medicaid, really control health care costs -- that's not what the current health care reform is about.
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David Walker
Kentucky

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Walker emphasizes the need for significant reforms in major entitlement programs to address fiscal challenges.

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