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Ron Wyden: “You can't turn it all over to the government. You can't just have a government-run operation.”

On the recordMarch 3, 2009
You can't turn it all over to the government. You can't just have a government-run operation.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden acknowledges the Republican perspective on limiting government control in healthcare.

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