Barack Obama: “Making health insurance fairer and easier to buy would lead to the end…”

On the recordJune 8, 2015

Making health insurance fairer and easier to buy would lead to the end of freedom—[laughter]—the end of the American way of life.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the Catholic Health Association's Annual Assembly

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Barack Obama: “Making health insurance fairer and easier to buy would lead to the end of freedom—[laughter]—the end of the American way…”