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On the recordJanuary 12, 2009
I think I am making a slightly different point, thinking longer term about the health care problem per se, and that as that $35 trillion tsunami hits us, we cannot cope with that from a fiscal point of view, so we have to reduce the cost.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse emphasizes the need to address long-term health care costs to avoid fiscal issues.

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