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On the recordJuly 23, 2013
One of our main objectives, really one of my main objectives in the Affordable Care Act, was to try to reorient our Nation's health care system so that we would reward quality over just quantity and try to improve health care outcomes while trying to get better outcomes for less money.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Carper discusses goals of the Affordable Care Act regarding healthcare quality and cost.

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