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Sherrod Brown: “There is already Medicare, which seems to work for a lot of people, and Medicaid, which seems to work for a lot of…”

On the recordMarch 18, 2010
There is already Medicare, which seems to work for a lot of people, and Medicaid, which seems to work for a lot of people. You have military bases in your State, as I do, one of the greatest Air Force bases in the country, and they have something called TRICARE that works pretty darn good. This isn't a takeover. This still allows lots and lots and lots of private involvement. But we have some government involvement in the health care system, I would say.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio
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Mar 18, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker discusses the effectiveness of existing government health programs like Medicare and Medicaid.

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