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Jim McDermott: Medicare is really about beneficiaries. It isn't about providers, it isn't about drug companies, it isn't about…

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.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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

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