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W. Todd Akin: “That is really frustrating, isn't it, to basically give people a mushroom treatment. You keep them in the dark, smother…”

On the recordApril 28, 2010
That is really frustrating, isn't it, to basically give people a mushroom treatment. You keep them in the dark, smother them in some sort of a fertilizing material, and we tell them these things: if you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what. And yet the report that you are talking about makes it clear that this just flat is not true. So it is a frustrating thing. And in a sense, all of these things are falling out now, and it wasn't so obvious before.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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govinfo.gov
Apr 28, 2010

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The speaker is expressing frustration over misleading statements regarding healthcare plans and doctors.

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