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Gilbert Gutknecht: “We have seen inflation rates running 1.1 percent. It does not take a Fulbright scholar or a genius to figure out why can…”

On the recordOctober 11, 1995
We have seen inflation rates running 1.1 percent. It does not take a Fulbright scholar or a genius to figure out why can we not steal some of those ideas that are working so well in the private sector to control cost, and still provide people with the health care they need and want. Why can we not steal those ideas and apply them to Medicare and Medicaid?
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Gilbert Gutknecht
Republican · Minnesota

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Discussing the application of private sector ideas to Medicare and Medicaid.

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