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Ron Kind: We can go down another route, which merely privatizes Medicare, turns it into a private voucher plan, shifts the cost on…

On the recordMarch 5, 2012
We can go down another route, which merely privatizes Medicare, turns it into a private voucher plan, shifts the cost on the backs of seniors, an additional $6,000.
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Ron Kind
Wisconsin

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Criticizing proposals that would privatize Medicare and increase costs for seniors.

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