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Bernie Sanders: “But you would argue that at a time of great concern about health care costs, you are running a cost-effective operation?”

On the recordMarch 1, 2011
But you would argue that at a time of great concern about health care costs, you are running a cost-effective operation?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders questions the cost-effectiveness of the VA health care system amid rising health care costs.

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