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Barack Obama: “We can bring doctors and patients, workers and businesses, Democrats and Republicans together, and we can tell the drug…”

On the recordJanuary 7, 2008
We can bring doctors and patients, workers and businesses, Democrats and Republicans together, and we can tell the drug and insurance industry that while they get a seat at the table, they don't get to buy every chair.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama discusses the need for healthcare reform and the importance of collaboration across political lines.

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