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Henry Waxman: “One of the problems is health insurance is not affordable. Health care costs are going up so rapidly. President Clinton…”

On the recordMarch 16, 1994
One of the problems is health insurance is not affordable. Health care costs are going up so rapidly. President Clinton tries to tackle this issue by putting some limits on what insurance companies are going to charge people. You do not have that in your proposal. How do you plan to hold down health care costs?
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Discussing health insurance affordability and costs during a debate.

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