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Tommy Thompson: “We completely redid Medicare and we had Part D, which was a…”

Featuring: Tommy Thompson, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Ep26 - HHS Then & Now with Tommy Thompson

Published | Video Starts at 11:15

And that's what we have to do in America. Medicare's got problems, Medicaid's got problems, and we have to fix it. We have to do it. And if, you know, We completely redid Medicare and we had Part D, which was a tremendous success. You know, nobody gives us credit for it, but it was our, our idea from Health and Human Services come up with part D. (11:15–11:23)

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