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On the recordMay 20, 2013
The current Medicare spending trajectory is unsustainable. There is bipartisan recognition that modifying seniors' cost-sharing is appropriate and can be done in a way that maintains access to critical healthcare services. Medicare is fast going broke and the time to act to save this program is now.
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Kevin Brady
Republican · Texas

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Brady emphasizes the urgent need to reform Medicare cost-sharing to ensure its sustainability.

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