Frist: 'Super Committee' Has 'Shot This Time' At Reining In Debt, Medicare Spending - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News /medicaid/080911-health-on-the-hill/ ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News produces in-depth journalism on health issues and is a core operating program of KFF. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:46:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=32 Frist: 'Super Committee' Has 'Shot This Time' At Reining In Debt, Medicare Spending - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News /medicaid/080911-health-on-the-hill/ 32 32 161476233 Frist: ‘Super Committee’ Has ‘Shot This Time’ At Reining In Debt, Medicare Spending /medicaid/080911-health-on-the-hill/ /medicaid/080911-health-on-the-hill/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:19:00 +0000 http://khn.wp.alley.ws/news/080911-health-on-the-hill/ KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey talks to former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist about the “super committee’s” chance at tamping down the nation’s debt. Frist says the panel has a chance to lower the debt and Medicare spending growth because the American public understands the stakes this time – the American Dream.


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