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Bill Clinton: Yes, and when did that accusation gain concert? After the interest groups that didn't want anything to be done to the…

On the recordAugust 25, 1996
Yes, and when did that accusation gain concert? After the interest groups that didn't want anything to be done to the health care system and spent $300 million against it. When the health care plan was first--first--released and only experts who knew something about what they were talking about commented on it, there wasn't a single, solitary soul said it was a Government takeover of the health system. Everybody says, ``This is a moderate plan; this is a mainstream plan; this is a market-oriented plan.'' Mr. Blitzer. But your enemies succeeded in creating the impression-- --
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Bill Clinton
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