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Mike Thompson: I want to be very, very careful that we do the scoring correctly, because my concern is if this copay discourages folks…

On the recordMay 20, 2013
I want to be very, very careful that we do the scoring correctly, because my concern is if this copay discourages folks from doing what they should be doing in regard to health care, it could end up costing us a lot more.
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Mike Thompson
Democratic · California

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Thompson warns about potential negative impacts of copays on healthcare access.

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