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Henry Waxman: “We hear a lot about burdens on industry from our Republican colleagues, but I think a conversation about HHS…”

On the recordJune 12, 2011
We hear a lot about burdens on industry from our Republican colleagues, but I think a conversation about HHS regulations, their focus is exclusively on costs borne by the insurance industry is dangerously misleading.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman critiques the focus on industry costs over consumer health benefits.

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