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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