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Maria Cantwell: “We are tired of paying for more expensive health care for the rest of the Nation as well and having our system…”

On the recordDecember 12, 2012
We are tired of paying for more expensive health care for the rest of the Nation as well and having our system jeopardized.
Said by
Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Senator Cantwell expresses frustration over high healthcare costs affecting the entire nation.

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