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Tom Carper: “We advocate strengthening enrollment standards and making participation in the Federal health care programs a privilege…”

On the recordApril 21, 2009
We advocate strengthening enrollment standards and making participation in the Federal health care programs a privilege, not a right.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper emphasizes the need for stricter enrollment standards in health care programs.

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