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Barack Obama: The time has come -- this year, in this new Administration -- to modernize our health care system for the twenty-first…

On the recordDecember 10, 2008
The time has come -- this year, in this new Administration -- to modernize our health care system for the twenty-first century; to reduce costs for families and businesses; and to finally provide affordable, accessible health care for every American.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Release: President-Elect Obama Nominates Senator Daschle as Secretary of Health and Human Services

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