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John Fleming: “Well, what it basically means is that there's going to be a bunch of unelected bureaucrats, perhaps not even doctors…”

On the recordMay 25, 2010
Well, what it basically means is that there's going to be a bunch of unelected bureaucrats, perhaps not even doctors, who are going to be tasked with looking at research, hopefully there's going to be research or they are going to do research, to decide what treatments and what diagnostic tests are worth paying for and which ones are not.
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John Fleming
Republican · Louisiana
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May 25, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is discussing concerns about healthcare decisions being made by bureaucrats.

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