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Bill Clinton: “Yes. But it's not just the people who don't have health insurance--the people who have it who are afraid of losing it…”

On the recordMay 27, 1993
Yes. But it's not just the people who don't have health insurance--the people who have it who are afraid of losing it because somebody in their family's been sick, and they can't change jobs. There are millions of Americans locked into their jobs today because they or someone in their family has a preexisting condition. We need to change the rules so that you can change jobs and you can be unemployed and your business can fail and you don't have to worry about getting health care. I think it's very important. And if we do it right, we can do it and hold down the cost of health care, not drive it up. Keep in mind, your coun- try spends 35 percent more than any other country on Earth on health care, more of our income. We can do this. Homelessness
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Bill Clinton
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