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Tom Price: That's exactly right. That is the crux of the matter. If everything else were equal in the system, if it were to allow…

On the recordJuly 23, 2007
That's exactly right. That is the crux of the matter. If everything else were equal in the system, if it were to allow for the same kind of ability for patients and families and doctors to make decisions, that might be one thing. But as we have talked about, and as everybody across this Nation knows, that's not the case. When you have government get involved in the provision of health care, government is going to make decisions about where you can be treated, who can treat you and what kind of treatment you can have. That's where the personal health care decisions go away from the individual. I don't believe, and I know you don't believe, that that's what the American people want. It's up to you.
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Tom Price
Georgia

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Discussing the implications of government involvement in health care decisions.

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