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Tom Vilsack: “If we fail to address this issue aggressively now, we will clearly, clearly pay for it in significant increases in…”

On the recordNovember 16, 2009
If we fail to address this issue aggressively now, we will clearly, clearly pay for it in significant increases in health care expenditures in the future.
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Tom Vilsack
Democratic · Iowa

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Vilsack emphasizes the long-term costs of inaction on health issues.

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