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Scott Gottlieb: “We are going to see health care costs go up if we see more people end up in emergency rooms.”

On the recordJune 11, 2014
We are going to see health care costs go up if we see more people end up in emergency rooms.
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Scott Gottlieb

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Gottlieb warns that increased emergency room usage will raise healthcare costs.

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