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On the recordDecember 26, 2010
I think people are very concerned when you start talking about cost controls, that a bureaucracy, we don't -- you're asking us to trust the government. We know people who said routinely, you're going to have to make decisions. You'll have to decide. Communal standards, historically, is a very dangerous concept.
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Newt Gingrich
Republican · Georgia

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Gingrich raises concerns about trusting the government with health care decisions and the implications of cost controls.

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