The middle class is being destroyed in this country.
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McDermott expresses concern about the impact of budget decisions on the middle class.
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One of the issues that the questions Mr. Tiberi is raising about small practices sort of leads me to the question of consolidation and driving doctors together in larger and larger groups.
When the bill passed here in 1983 and they advanced the retirement age from 65 to 67, I am sure there were thousands, millions of people in this country who never thought that was going to ever affect them.
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