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On the recordFebruary 9, 1994
Absolutely. And historically, as we look at socialized medicine in other countries, price control, government artificial price controls are always a component of it. And it always leads to the next step, which is rationing.
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John Doolittle
Republican · California

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Speaker Doolittle discusses the implications of price controls in socialized medicine.

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