It is no exaggeration to say that Medicare alone is the most successful health care and anti-poverty program ever.
Frank Pallone Jr.: “It is no exaggeration to say that Medicare alone is the most successful health care and anti-poverty program ever.”
On the recordApril 10, 2013
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Pallone highlights Medicare's success as a health care and anti-poverty program.
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