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Kent Conrad: With the amount of money our country is already spending on health care, it is very hard for me to understand why the…

On the recordMarch 3, 2009
With the amount of money our country is already spending on health care, it is very hard for me to understand why the answer is to put more money into the system.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Conrad questions the rationale behind increasing health care funding amidst existing expenditures.

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