The old Willie Sutton law, you rob banks because that is where the money is, clearly it should apply here.
Michael Burgess: “The old Willie Sutton law, you rob banks because that is where the money is, clearly it should apply here.”
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Burgess uses a metaphor to argue for focusing on cost savings in Medicaid.
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