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John Shadegg: “You just used the number of 12 million. Two professors at the University of Minnesota, which is not exactly a…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2010
You just used the number of 12 million. Two professors at the University of Minnesota, which is not exactly a conservative university, said, if you just enacted cross-State-line purchases, then that would enable 12 million additional Americans to afford health insurance with not one penny of cost to the American taxpayer.
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John Shadegg
Arizona
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Mar 11, 2010

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Speaker discusses the potential impact of cross-State-line health insurance purchases.

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