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David Schweikert: “Last year 25 to 35 billion dollars was spent just in…”

Featuring: David Schweikert, Republican | U.S. House, Arizona, District 1

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Congressman David Schweikert on FOX 10 Talks | FOX 10 Talks

Published | Video Starts at 07:36

And it turns out if you could take a sliver of that money and use it in ways to lower the actual cost of a service, of being healthy. What do you mean by that? If we estimate that Last year 25 to 35 billion dollars was spent just in duplicative MRIs, X rays, [and] ultrasounds. Right? So you get your, you know, he's a big skier, he busts up his knee, he's gets an ultrasound or mri and Flagstaff comes here a couple of days later, gets it again. (07:36–07:48)

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Asserts that $25 to $35 billion was spent on duplicative medical imaging last year.

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