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Michael Burgess: “The current payment system is not only unsustainable, it is unreliable.”

On the recordMarch 29, 2011
The current payment system is not only unsustainable, it is unreliable.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Burgess criticizes the Medicare reimbursement system, calling for its repeal for better reliability.

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