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Barack Obama: If we do not control these costs, we will not be able to control our deficit. If we do not reform health care, your…

On the recordJuly 21, 2009
If we do not control these costs, we will not be able to control our deficit. If we do not reform health care, your premiums and out-of-pocket costs will continue to skyrocket.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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President Obama emphasizes the importance of health care reform in controlling costs and the deficit.

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