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Sheldon Whitehouse: “I think when we look at Medicare benefits as the solution to our health care cost problem, we are fundamentally…”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2013
I think when we look at Medicare benefits as the solution to our health care cost problem, we are fundamentally misdiagnosing the problem.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse emphasizes misdiagnosing health care costs and the need for bipartisan solutions.

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