I want to recognize the work that Senator Whitehouse has been doing consistently to try to get Medicare and Medicaid to be better purchasers of things like health information technology, of primary care, the things that we know work, as opposed to paying for things that don't work.
Acknowledging Senator Whitehouse's efforts to improve Medicare and Medicaid purchasing.
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