I would hope we can use part of this hour to talk about some of the other crazy things that are happening in the Federal Government, but it seems to me the fact is that there is no dollar savings as we look at revitalizing Medicare in this country. We are going to spend more and more money, as the gentleman from Arizona pointed out. Individual recipients who are receiving $4,800 now will be getting, by the year 2002, $6,700, so actually, we are continuing to spend more and more money.
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Discussing the financial implications of Medicare revitalization.
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