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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “Individuals who have to go to the emergency room to get their health care which is part of that $43 billion is not…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 2011
Individuals who have to go to the emergency room to get their health care which is part of that $43 billion is not inactivity.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Wasserman Schultz argues that emergency healthcare costs are a form of economic activity.

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