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Frank Pallone: Again I have not seen the bill because it has not been given to the Democrats, but my understanding is that the Medicare…

On the recordNovember 19, 2003
Again I have not seen the bill because it has not been given to the Democrats, but my understanding is that the Medicare program that the gentleman has talked about, the comprehensive program, is not effective until the year 2006. Could the gentleman explain to me, if it is true that all these problems are out there and all these changes need to be made to Medicare, why the Republicans are going to wait until the year 2006 to have this program kick in?
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Questioning the timeline for Medicare program changes during a discussion on healthcare legislation.

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