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On the recordMay 21, 2013
I was proud to vote for that legislation, and I think that it is possibly--no, I am going to go out on a limb here and say it is the only entitlement program in history where the actual experience has produced much lower costs both for the government and for beneficiaries than was initially estimated.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Senator Collins praises the Medicare Modernization Act for lower costs and high satisfaction.

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