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On the recordJune 22, 2010
Cut the funding so people on Medicare Advantage--who like it, who like the preventive medicine activities of it--are going to lose those opportunities. Just since 2003, the number of seniors on Medicare Advantage grew from a little over 4 million to 11 million. That is because the seniors talk to one another, and they know what the best deal is for them, for their money, and for their health. The seniors I know in Wyoming who signed up for this program said they want to make sure they have a number of these preventive services. Once they lose this, they are going to lose preventive services. They will have to pay more. The cost for people will go up, in spite of the promise made by the President that he was going to get down the cost of care. Experts who have looked at this said: No, I am sorry, it is not going to work that way.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
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govinfo.gov
Jun 22, 2010

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Senator Barrasso discusses the impact of funding cuts on Medicare Advantage and preventive services for seniors.

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