06/23/2009
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"Susan Collins is invited."
"I think this is a result of the recession and the result of cuts to providers."
"is it over time just does have an erosive and corrosive effect on not only the payment rates, obviously, but in terms of access--potentially, access to care."
"Medicare is a critically important program that provides essential health coverage for more than 50 million of our Nation's seniors and disabled citizens."