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Mehmet Oz: “Medicare costs are going up 9% this year, increasing faster…”

Featuring: Mehmet Oz, Republican | Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 16:07

… in potential savings, I'm now going to introduce the smartest doctor I have ever met, Dr. Mehmet Oz. Mehmet, why don't you come up? Thanks. God bless you. Thanks. We Medicare costs are going up 9% this year, increasing faster than that in Medicaid. And it's increasing about 9% for the commercial insurance. And to address these increasing costs, you have to have brave leadership. (16:07–16:14)

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Asserts that Medicare costs are increasing by 9% this year, with Medicaid costs rising even faster.

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