Political Quotes

On the recordJuly 21, 2015
Medicare is really about beneficiaries. It isn't about providers, it isn't about drug companies, it isn't about hospitals, it isn't about anybody else.
Said by
Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

McDermott stresses that Medicare's focus should be on beneficiaries, not other stakeholders.

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