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On the recordJune 7, 2016
A strong Medicare doesn't mean we turn the program over to the insurance industry, and it doesn't mean we shift more costs on to the beneficiaries.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott argues against privatizing Medicare and shifting costs to beneficiaries.

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