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Tom Harkin: “We keep paying and paying and paying and paying to fix, to mend, to cure, to patch.”

On the recordAugust 1, 2011
We keep paying and paying and paying and paying to fix, to mend, to cure, to patch.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin highlights the ongoing costs of healthcare versus investment in prevention.

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