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Cynthia Lummis: “And my concern here is that this board will set Medicare policy unless a super majority of Congress stops them.”

On the recordMarch 5, 2012
And my concern here is that this board will set Medicare policy unless a super majority of Congress stops them.
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming

Editor's note · Context

Lummis expresses concern about the board's power over Medicare policy.

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