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Michael Burgess: “If we could even bend the cost curve just a little bit with preventive care, that ounce of prevention, that is a hell of…”

On the recordJune 11, 2013
If we could even bend the cost curve just a little bit with preventive care, that ounce of prevention, that is a hell of a pound of cure.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess emphasizes the importance of preventive care in reducing health care costs.

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