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Barack Obama: “It is not too soon for the families who've seen their premiums rise faster than wages year after year.”

On the recordJuly 22, 2009
It is not too soon for the families who've seen their premiums rise faster than wages year after year.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Town Hall Meeting and a Question-and-Answer Session in Shaker Heights

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