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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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