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Henry Waxman: “If we are serious about bringing down the cost of health care, if we are serious about protecting the patient, if we are…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
If we are serious about bringing down the cost of health care, if we are serious about protecting the patient, if we are serious about avoiding another sequester, if we are serious about fixing the inequities in the payment system for physicians in Medicare, we ought to be all about eliminating this problem and eliminating it in this Congress, not waiting for another Congress, not waiting for another President. The time is now.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman calls for immediate action on healthcare cost and payment system reforms.

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