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Summer Lee: Isn't that the crux of the problem? Are the patients the ones that are charging doctors $120,000 for insurance?

On the recordJanuary 19, 2011
Isn't that the crux of the problem? Are the patients the ones that are charging doctors $120,000 for insurance?
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Questions whether high insurance costs are due to patient actions or insurance companies.

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