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Phil Roe: “We started a reform in 1993 called TennCare. And we had the problem with the health care system in America, as has been…”

On the recordFebruary 8, 2011
We started a reform in 1993 called TennCare. And we had the problem with the health care system in America, as has been pointed out many times and I saw in my patients, that it costs too much money to come to the doctor and to enter the health care system.
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Phil Roe
Tennessee

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Roe discusses the high costs of healthcare and the TennCare reform in Tennessee.

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