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Jeanne Shaheen: “On the other hand, in Medicare, for example, there are projections now of hundreds of billions of dollars in savings to…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2014
On the other hand, in Medicare, for example, there are projections now of hundreds of billions of dollars in savings to the cost of Medicare because of healthcare costs leveling out, and yet we are not able to capture those savings as we look at how we score Medicare in the future, as I understand.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Discussing potential Medicare savings due to leveling healthcare costs.

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