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Claire McCaskill: I mean, I believe that if you look at it--if you back up, you've got a population that's paying 70 percent of what the…

On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
I mean, I believe that if you look at it--if you back up, you've got a population that's paying 70 percent of what the costs actually are, and another population that's paying 130 percent of what the costs actually are.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Discussing disparities in healthcare costs among different populations.

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