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Elizabeth Warren: “We keep hearing the warning that we must make substantial changes to Medicare or face bankruptcy of the Medicare system…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
We keep hearing the warning that we must make substantial changes to Medicare or face bankruptcy of the Medicare system, and yet I am reminded that in 2010, we passed substantial Medicare reform.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren highlights past Medicare reforms in response to current warnings about the system's sustainability.

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