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Frank Pallone: You know, it is sort of ironic because when we started our health care task force, which all three of us are part of…

On the recordJuly 30, 1996
You know, it is sort of ironic because when we started our health care task force, which all three of us are part of, our Democratic health care tax force last year, we established two basic principles. One was that we wanted to get more people insured, and the other was that we wanted to improve the quality of care, and it is unfortunate that that is not what the debate has been about. That is what we would like to see, but that is not what the debate has been about.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the goals of the Democratic health care task force during a debate on health care.

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