Dr. Butler answers why he is not confident that costs will ever be controlled.
Stuart Butler, PhD, Distinguished Fellow and Director, Center for Policy Innovation, The Heritage Foundation, states that the cost curve will never go down on the track we are currently on. Dr. Butler addresses the need for new approaches to bending the curve.
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