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David Roe: “The government decides what I get. A minimal, an essential benefits package will be laid out by a bunch of bureaucrats…”

On the recordFebruary 21, 2012
The government decides what I get. A minimal, an essential benefits package will be laid out by a bunch of bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.
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David Roe
Republican · Vermont

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Critiques government-imposed healthcare benefits as inadequate and bureaucratic.

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