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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Reducing Administrative Costs and Burdens in Health Care Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to take a series of actions to reduce unnecessary costs and administrative burdens in the health care system, including a grant program for states to establish commissions targeting such costs. </p>]]></text>
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