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On the recordMarch 16, 2011
An intrinsic flaw of the ACA is that it fails to unleash the potential of States to innovate in designing reforms that respond to their own unique circumstances.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Critique of the ACA's limitations on state innovation.

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