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Medicare is focus on day two of healthcare negotiations
Washington Post, September 24, 2009
On the second day of work on legislation intended to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, the Senate Finance Committee wrestled with politically volatile proposals to squeeze money out of Medicare. As they continued work on the bill, Democrats fended off attempts by Republicans to restore proposed reductions to the program and get rid of government restrictions on the ways insurance companies market to seniors.
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