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David Schweikert: “Medicare spending, when I checked about six weeks ago, was…”

Featuring: David Schweikert, Republican | U.S. House, Arizona, District 1

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Published | Video Starts at 31:32

You've got Medicare, which is effectively mandatory. Yeah, Substantially on autopilot. Formula you don't have on that chart. And obviously Medicare is growing and exploding. Correct. Medicare spending, when I checked about six weeks ago, was already up 10% in spending this fiscal year. Right. And going up. And part of that's demographics. We got old. Yeah. We've got a bubble that's gonna. Yeah. So then. But also not on. There are significant other mandatory. (31:32–31:41)

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Asserts that Medicare spending increased by 10% this fiscal year.

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