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Bill Clinton: These letters are representative of tens of thousands that we received telling stories like the ones you've heard…

On the recordSeptember 16, 1993
These letters are representative of tens of thousands that we received telling stories like the ones you've heard: people who can't go back to work, people who can't take job advancements, people who have no coverage because they're young and they're unemployed, all the other things that you have heard here. There is one particular problem in our health insurance system in America that I'd like to focus on by asking for two more people to read letters, something that's a part of the everyday vocabulary now of most working men and women in this country: the preexisting condition, the thing which if you have it you either can't get health insurance or you can never leave the job you're in. So I'd like to hear from two people from California and Illinois, Suzy Somers and Jean Kaczmareck. [The participants read their letters, and Hillary Clinton responded.]
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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