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On the recordSeptember 11, 2017
There are only two ways to hold people accountable for costs at the end of the day: you can have a consumer-driven system or a government-driven system.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden outlines two approaches to manage healthcare costs.

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