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Sam Farr: “If we are really going to bring down costs of healthcare in America, we have got to start with growing healthier people.”

On the recordMarch 16, 2015
If we are really going to bring down costs of healthcare in America, we have got to start with growing healthier people.
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California

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Farr emphasizes the need for healthier eating to reduce healthcare costs.

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