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On the recordMarch 5, 1996
What is interesting is the President and the First Lady a couple a years ago said the way to solve the Medicare crisis is to make sure we control the rate of growth, and that is exactly what the majority proposal was and is, so hopefully we can work together with the White House, and both sides of the aisle and both Chambers, the House and Senate, to make sure we save Medicare for our seniors. We want that quality health care to be there for them and to make sure it is a system that is not just going to stop in the year 2002.
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Jon Fox
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Discussing Medicare reform and bipartisan efforts to ensure its sustainability.

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