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On the recordSeptember 23, 2013
It is a metric that has no accountability to it.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse criticizes the phrase 'bending the healthcare cost curve' for lacking accountability.

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