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On the recordJuly 19, 2011
I think it's important for us to share with the American public what's happening on this floor in the House of Representatives. So many suggest that the history that drove Medicare to be developed, the dynamics that were so impacting on the senior community across this country coast-to-coast, could be revisited if their proposal to end Medicare--the Republican proposal to end Medicare--were to take hold. And I know Representative Courtney, Joe Courtney from Connecticut, understands that. He has shared those concerns over and over again, that we could go back and revisit history of 45 years ago, 46 years ago, when people literally were impacted by cherry-picking going on, where they couldn't afford policies even if they were offered to them, and many times they couldn't get policies written to cover them. Representative Courtney, thank you for joining us this evening on what is an important bit of information exchange for America. They need to know that the seniors are at risk.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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