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On the recordApril 26, 2016
The notion that we can sit idly by while smart people on Wall Street can do ledger entries to create another layer of profit in the health care sector to benefit multimillionaires on the backs of patients, and ultimately taxpayers, cannot continue to happen.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren criticizes Wall Street's profit strategies impacting healthcare costs.

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