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" I think health care is incredibly, incredibly important. "
Matthew Heineman
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" Health care has become a political football that is being tossed back and forth by both sides in Washington. And it's divided our country. "
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" In the Affordable Care Act, Congress provided access to medical care for nearly 30 million uninsured Americans. Access is critically important, but offering access to an already broken system won't provide a lasting cure. We need to ask and answer the underlying question: Access to what? "
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" We have this fascination that more is better, and we - what we learned was more isn't better ; that more care can actually hurt you. That fascination with the quick fix is often hurting us. One-third of health-care spending doesn't even improve health care. "
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