Chris Van Hollen actually said...

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

02/27/2012

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