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Bob Kerrey: I don't disagree, but to fix Medicare by saying there will not be copayments or deductibles, I don't think there is…

On the recordOctober 12, 2000
I don't disagree, but to fix Medicare by saying there will not be copayments or deductibles, I don't think there is anybody on the floor who would argue that eliminating copayments and deductibles is the way to save money in health care. Quite the opposite. The argument on the other side of the aisle--joined by me in 1997--is we should go in the opposite direction. This eliminates copayments and deductibles.
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Bob Kerrey
Nebraska

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Discussing Medicare reform and the implications of eliminating copayments and deductibles.

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