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Rich Neal: The reason that we have Medicare and Medicaid is because conventional economics don't apply to health care.

On the recordJuly 11, 2016
The reason that we have Medicare and Medicaid is because conventional economics don't apply to health care.
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Rich Neal
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Neal explains the necessity of Medicare and Medicaid due to healthcare's unique challenges.

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