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Ron Wyden: “Unless Congress enact meaningful Medicare reform in the near future, seniors will be faced with inevitable cost shifting…”

On the recordDecember 31, 2011
Unless Congress enact meaningful Medicare reform in the near future, seniors will be faced with inevitable cost shifting and eventual benefit cuts until Medicare doesn't look anything like the program does today.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden warns of dire consequences for seniors without Medicare reform.

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