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David Walker: “We should not be spending hundreds of billions of dollars on health care reform. If we do health care reform, it should…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2009
We should not be spending hundreds of billions of dollars on health care reform. If we do health care reform, it should save money, not spend money.
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David Walker
Kentucky

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David Walker critiques the administration's approach to health care reform, arguing it should be cost-saving rather than an expenditure.

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