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Frank Pallone: Again, I may be being cynical, but I think the reality is that when we put most of those patient protections in the…

On the recordJune 23, 1998
Again, I may be being cynical, but I think the reality is that when we put most of those patient protections in the Medicare legislation... these are not really anything radical, these are not anything unusual, we have already adopted them for the largest Federal health insurance program, Medicare.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Discussing patient protections in Medicare legislation and their implications for those under 65.

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