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Rod Blum: “Over the last 4 years in Iowa, I have asked my constituents in almost every talk I have given about health care, give me…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2017
Over the last 4 years in Iowa, I have asked my constituents in almost every talk I have given about health care, give me an example where the Federal Government, 535 suits in Washington, D.C., have bent the cost curve down on anything.
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Rod Blum
Iowa

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Blum challenges the effectiveness of federal efforts to lower healthcare costs.

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