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David Roe: “They started a prevention program about six years ago where if you were an obese, diabetic, smoking, hypertensive train…”

On the recordApril 29, 2013
They started a prevention program about six years ago where if you were an obese, diabetic, smoking, hypertensive train wreck waiting to happen, you could do that, but you were going to be an expensive train wreck and it was going to cost you.
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David Roe
Republican · Vermont

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Roe discusses a corporate wellness program that incentivizes health improvements.

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