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On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
we are not even close. I do not think on the last analysis we are in the top 20 in health care outcomes.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Kent Conrad criticizes U.S. healthcare outcomes despite high spending.

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