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NEWS: Weiner to Offer Amendment to End Medicare
Litmus Test for Foes of Government Run Healthcare
Put-Up or Shut-Up Time for GOP?
Washington, DC – On the 44th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Medicare program into law, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn and Queens), a member of the Health Subcommittee, announced he will offer an amendment to the America's Affordable Health Choices Act that would eliminate the Medicare program. The move comes amid a chorus of Republican members decrying the notion of government run healthcare.
"It’s put-up or shut-up time for the phonies who deride the so-called ‘public option’," Rep. Weiner said.
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