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Jim McDermott: “If you pass a law, even the threat of passing the law, under the Clinton administration, suddenly health care costs kind…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
If you pass a law, even the threat of passing the law, under the Clinton administration, suddenly health care costs kind of leveled off.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott discusses the impact of legislative actions on healthcare costs.

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