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Barack Obama: I want to work to scale back the excessive defensive medicine that reinforces our current system and shift to a system…

On the recordJanuary 19, 2011
I want to work to scale back the excessive defensive medicine that reinforces our current system and shift to a system where we are providing better care rather than simply more treatment.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama emphasizes the need to reduce unnecessary medical procedures due to fear of lawsuits.

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