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Barack Obama: “If you don't have health insurance, then I want to make sure you can buy health insurance that's as good as the health…”

On the recordMay 4, 2008
If you don't have health insurance, then I want to make sure you can buy health insurance that's as good as the health care I have as a member of Congress.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Barack Obama discusses his commitment to ensuring access to quality health insurance.

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