Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the rising costs of health care and the possible use of "global budgeting," which means setting annual national budgets for health care and enforcing policies that encourage private sector competition while limiting what providers can charge. The episode aired on Friday, March 19, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.