Schumer Proposes Rationing Through One-Size-Fits-All Payments for Sick Seniors

Joe Schoffstall | June 2, 2011
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Sen. Charles Schumer (D.-N.Y.), appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press", proposed a reform that would ration health care for sick seniors by telling doctors the Medicare system would pay them a single flat fee for treating a particular illness as opposed to paying for the specific services needed to treat a particular patient.

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