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Tom Harkin: “Reforming healthcare is not only the right thing to do, it will save taxpayers money and reduce the deficit by $210…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2011
Reforming healthcare is not only the right thing to do, it will save taxpayers money and reduce the deficit by $210 billion in the first decade and more than $1 trillion in the next.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin argues that healthcare reform is both ethical and financially beneficial.

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