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On the recordJanuary 28, 2010
I just want to point out, and this brings me to the second problem, when we made a very modest proposal as part of our package, our health care reform package, to eliminate the subsidies going to insurance companies for Medicare Advantage, we were attacked across the board.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks to the House Republican Conference and a Question-and-Answer Session in Baltimore

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