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Ezra Klein: “It did not used to take this long to deliver Medicare…”

Featuring: Ezra Klein, Liberal | New York Times Columnist and Podcast Host | National

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In-Studio Discussion with Ezra Klein and Gavin Newsom on 'Abundance' and Democratic Governance

Published | Video Starts at 36:03

But it didn't. I really think it's important to hold this in mind for all of us because this is something I really did not understand. It did not used to take this long to deliver Medicare. Medicare delivered Medicare cards a year after they passed that bill. It took the Affordable Care act four years to begin delivering actual insurance. Yeah, we can talk about that. (36:03–36:12)

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Asserts that Medicare cards were delivered a year after the bill passed.

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