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Al Franken: “The fact of the matter is you are saying that if we go more to a French system or a Swiss system, that we will have…”

On the recordOctober 19, 2009
The fact of the matter is you are saying that if we go more to a French system or a Swiss system, that we will have increased bankruptcies, but the fact is they do not have bankruptcies and we do for medical care.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken argues that adopting foreign health care systems would not increase bankruptcies.

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