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Pat Ryan: “That 400 billion isn't going to the bottom line to the taxpayer, it is going to create a new benefit.”

On the recordJune 18, 2009
That 400 billion isn't going to the bottom line to the taxpayer, it is going to create a new benefit.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Ryan expresses concern that Medicare savings will not benefit taxpayers directly.

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