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Henry Waxman: “Improving our health care system, both private and public, requires pursuing dollars that are wasted or diverted…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
Improving our health care system, both private and public, requires pursuing dollars that are wasted or diverted, dollars that add to our costs, but don't improve health.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman stresses the importance of addressing waste and fraud in healthcare to improve the system.

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