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Michael Burgess: “Instead of building upon the success of our existing health insurance framework, radical single-payer, Government-run…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
Instead of building upon the success of our existing health insurance framework, radical single-payer, Government-run Medicare would tear it down.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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He believes single-payer Medicare would dismantle successful existing insurance frameworks.

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