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On the recordMarch 10, 2010
So what you are talking about isn't exactly a surprise to us. You've been there, and what you are saying is health care is just what you expect. When the government does it, it is inefficient and it is a tremendous waste. And so to try and say, Now we have got Medicare and Medicaid that have gone bankrupt, and so give us the rest of health care to take over, there is a problem with that line of reasoning somehow.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri

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The speaker is criticizing government involvement in health care and its inefficiencies.

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