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On the recordSeptember 29, 2020
It is $15,000 a year, and the average Medicare beneficiary probably gets a Social Security of about $22,000 or $23,000.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

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Welch highlights the financial burden of Revlimid on Medicare beneficiaries.

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