Implementing the Affordable Care Act on top of managing Medicare and Medicaid will not be easy.
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McDermott acknowledges the challenges of implementing the Affordable Care Act alongside existing programs.
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The creation of Medicare in 1965 was one of the great policy achievements in the history of this country.
Now, I hope this is the beginning of a constructive bipartisan conversation about how to advance our shared goal of controlling costs and improving the delivery of health care in the country.
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