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Tim Scott: “We now know that Obamacare violated the very first principle--the very first doctrine of the delivery of health care…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2013
We now know that Obamacare violated the very first principle--the very first doctrine of the delivery of health care services--and that is do no harm.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Scott claims Obamacare contradicts the fundamental medical principle of 'do no harm.'

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