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Barack Obama: “It's a good thing that 17 million people have health insurance today that didn't have it before I took office.”

On the recordNovember 3, 2015
It's a good thing that 17 million people have health insurance today that didn't have it before I took office.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Democratic National Committee Fundraiser in Potomac

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