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David Walker: We clearly need comprehensive health care reform. And health care costs are the single biggest driver to our long-range…

On the recordAugust 2, 2009
We clearly need comprehensive health care reform. And health care costs are the single biggest driver to our long-range deficits.
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David Walker
Kentucky

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Walker stresses the importance of health care reform in addressing long-term deficits.

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