11/13/2013
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"As long as the Medicare trust fund has a balance, the Treasury Department is authorized to make payments on behalf of seniors."
"And, generally speaking, our biggest problems are with the dual eligibles between the age of 20 and 40."
"There would be insufficient funds to pay for all Part A reimbursements to providers."
"I introduced earlier this Congress H.R. 2791, the Health and Human Services Hiree Clarification Act, which codifies this committee's clear intent that Title 42 is only to be used by officials at HHS--..."