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On the recordSeptember 29, 2009
Since taxpayers paid for those reports, should not that information be made public and how is the information in them protected if it has not disclosed the identity of either the patient or the provider?
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Daniel Akaka
Democratic · Hawaii

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Akaka questions the transparency of VA reports funded by taxpayers.

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