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On the recordMarch 30, 2022
this was a patchwork system from the inception, created years and years ago. It was politicized.
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Chuck Fleischmann
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Fleischmann critiques the Medicare wage index system as flawed and politicized.

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