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Barack Obama: “Eight hundred and eighty-two billion dollars worth; $882 billion in Medicare cuts to pay for an ill-conceived…”

On the recordOctober 16, 2008
Eight hundred and eighty-two billion dollars worth; $882 billion in Medicare cuts to pay for an ill-conceived, badly-thought-through health care plan that won't provide more health care to people.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama criticizes the Republican health care plan and its impact on Medicare.

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