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Mark Warner: “But am I not also correct that if we mandate by law that the existing military health program has to absorb back into it…”

On the recordJune 7, 2000
But am I not also correct that if we mandate by law that the existing military health program has to absorb back into it this class of retirees, they will have to augment doctors, nurses, perhaps modest increase in facilities, and all of the other infrastructure that is necessary to give these people fair, good quality health care; am I not correct?
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of mandating military health care for retirees.

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