Ferris, 81, says he never tried to use the medals to get benefits such as Veterans Administration health care that he didn't deserve.

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Did he learn something from the health care debate that he plans to use in this debate?

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He has said he wants to use the money for health care, education and other programs.

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If he could find the people whose use of medical care was highest, he figured, he could do something to help them.

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He said the clinicians would be entitled to vary the use of drugs and nursing care which had already been agreed for Charlotte.

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As governor of Massachusetts, he produced an eye-catching health-care reform that tries to use market mechanisms to solve the most pressing problem, lack of coverage for the uninsured.

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With Parkland in mind, he decided to also earn an MBA, writing his thesis on the use of technology in safety net hospitals to improve patient care.

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