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Sheldon Whitehouse: “Health care cost is really what is driving our long-term debt and deficits.”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
Health care cost is really what is driving our long-term debt and deficits.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse identifies healthcare costs as a major factor in national debt.

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