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Michael Burgess: Eighty percent of Medicare, which is a lot, is spent by 20 percent of the patients.

On the recordMay 4, 2011
Eighty percent of Medicare, which is a lot, is spent by 20 percent of the patients.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess highlights the concentration of Medicare spending among a small patient group.

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