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On the recordApril 23, 2013
When they initially estimated how much Medicare would cost the American taxpayer, they projected about 25 years and they said that Medicare would cost $12 billion in the year 1990. In fact, it ended up costing $110 billion, nine times the original estimate.
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Lester Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson highlights the inaccuracies in Medicare cost projections.

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