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Richard Blumenthal: “Your issue about consumer rights, very important issue, very, very big in health care, and I would just very briefly…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2015
Your issue about consumer rights, very important issue, very, very big in health care, and I would just very briefly say, the rest of health care, the private sector is dealing with this by no longer trying to be paternalistic and make choices.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal emphasizes the importance of consumer rights in healthcare.

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