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Wesley Hunt: “Socialized medicine degrades the quality of care.”

Featuring: Wesley Hunt, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 38

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Published October 16, 2020 | Video Starts at 33:12

Look, God bless those people that work with our veterans. But I'm here telling you that's not the system that we need for 370 million Americans. And what Socialized medicine degrades the quality of care. It disincentivizes our brilliant young people to want to even become physicians. And God knows we need as many as we can get. In fact, we need more. (33:12–33:16)

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Asserts that socialized medicine reduces the quality of healthcare.

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