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Lindsey Graham: “None of us believes the current health care situation is sustainable. Medicare and Medicaid need to be reformed, but so…”

On the recordFebruary 7, 2011
None of us believes the current health care situation is sustainable. Medicare and Medicaid need to be reformed, but so do private health care cost increases. There are monopolies out there by insurance companies. To be able to buy across State lines makes a lot of sense to me. Briefly, if my colleague could, what does he see--I want to repeal the bill, not just to maintain the status quo, but to replace it with a bipartisan product that does improve quality and lowers costs.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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govinfo.gov
Feb 7, 2011

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is discussing the need for health care reform and the repeal of existing legislation.

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