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Jimmy Carter: Hospital cost containment is unique in two ways: It's uniquely severe in that it has been going up about twice the rate…

On the recordMarch 5, 1979
Hospital cost containment is unique in two ways: It's uniquely severe in that it has been going up about twice the rate of other inflation in this country, and it is uniquely controllable if I and the Congress will act expeditiously and effectively.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Hospital Cost Containment Remarks Announcing Proposed Legislation

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