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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The Affordable Healthcare Act is going to help that because we have been spending this money on sending these people, up…”

On the recordDecember 3, 2013
The Affordable Healthcare Act is going to help that because we have been spending this money on sending these people, up until now, to the emergency room;
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton argues that the Affordable Care Act will reduce emergency care spending.

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