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Chris Van Hollen: If you are simply transferring a Medicare beneficiary from the Medicare system into the private health market, and the…

On the recordFebruary 27, 2012
If you are simply transferring a Medicare beneficiary from the Medicare system into the private health market, and the growth in costs in the private health market is the same or higher than Medicare, they are not going to be paying any less, are they?
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen discusses the implications of moving Medicare beneficiaries to private health insurance.

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