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Marshall Sanford: “Medicare right now is the equivalent of the only gas station stop on a very long and lonely stretch of interstate, and…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 1996
Medicare right now is the equivalent of the only gas station stop on a very long and lonely stretch of interstate, and what is being proposed with this Republican plan is basically rather than that one gas station where, sure enough, you can count on getting gas but you may not get the lower price or best service, is having six or seven little gas stations so you begin to have competition, which begins the working of the marketplace which directly affects price.
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Marshall Sanford
South Carolina

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Discussing the implications of a Republican plan for Medicare.

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