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Randall Cunningham: “85 percent of the American people like their health care plan, but they also realize that it needs a lot of fixes.…”

On the recordFebruary 23, 1994
85 percent of the American people like their health care plan, but they also realize that it needs a lot of fixes. One-third of the people not insured are basically your young people. When you were 18, you could not be told that you needed a health care plan. The other group is the people that are moving between jobs. Both the Clinton plan and the Republican plan take care of portability and preexisting conditions.
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Randall Cunningham
Republican · California

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The speaker discusses public opinion on health care and the need for reforms.

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