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August 22, 2012 11:17 AM
Medicare and the $716 billion bogeyman
Will a new version of a half-truth work for the GOP?
It’s been hard to escape from Medicare in the 11 days since Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan burst into the news as vice presidential candidate with big and well known ideas about the health program for nearly 50 million Americans. Medicare zoomed to the top of the issues parade, elbowing the economy. Romney and Ryan hope it will be a winning...
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