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Beto O'Rourke: “Why should we ask our service member and families to wait for a newly-developed system when there are commercially…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
Why should we ask our service member and families to wait for a newly-developed system when there are commercially available systems running our nation's top ranked hospitals and clinics?
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the delay in adopting existing commercial health systems for service members.

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