Barack Obama said "We do not fix our health care system, America may go the way of GM, paying more, getting less and going broke. Today, after almost a century of trying, health insurance reform becomes law in the United States of America." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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We do not fix our health care system, America may go the way of GM, paying more, getting less and going broke. Today, after almost a century of trying, health insurance reform becomes law in the United States of America.

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Barack Obama

Democratic · Illinois

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msnbc.com

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Obama emphasizes the importance of health care reform and its historical significance.

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