02/09/1987
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"I am asking the Congress to give elderly Americans a health insurance plan that fights the fear of catastrophic acute care illness."
"A catastrophic acute care illness requires treatment so costly that families can only pay for it by impoverishing themselves."
"We must once again make a wholesale, conscious commitment to strengthening and protecting those basic family values."
"People are our most valuable resource; and their imagination and creativity, hard work, and faith—that's what'll drive America into the 21st century."