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Michael Burgess: “Do you feel that what you are receiving now and Medicare is an entitlement or is that something for which you have paid?”

On the recordMarch 12, 2014
Do you feel that what you are receiving now and Medicare is an entitlement or is that something for which you have paid?
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Burgess asks about the nature of Medicare benefits as earned or entitlement.

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