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On the recordMarch 11, 2024
The President's Medicare proposal would ask that those at the top 1 and 2 percent to pay 1.2 percent more into Medicare.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse outlines the President's plan for higher earners to contribute more to Medicare.

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