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Blake Moore: “So I see, Mr. Scott, that Representative Sheila Jackson Lee has joined us, and so I just want to close out by asking…”

On the recordNovember 30, 2012
So I see, Mr. Scott, that Representative Sheila Jackson Lee has joined us, and so I just want to close out by asking this last question, just to wrap this up. So when the President talks about putting $480 billion of cuts on the table for Medicare, without knowing all of those details, a lot of that depends on not reducing benefits to the elderly, but to make sure that pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies and hospitals deliver services in a more efficient way, that people--that the delivery--that we change the way health care is delivered in a way that is efficient, more humane, cost effective and deliver the same level of quality and benefits to the elderly. Is that right?
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Blake Moore
Republican · Utah
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Nov 30, 2012

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