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.
Hospital Cost Containment Remarks Announcing Proposed Legislation
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