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Richard Burr: This plan is universal health care. Let me say it again. This plan is universal health care. This is providing…

On the recordMarch 27, 2007
This plan is universal health care. Let me say it again. This plan is universal health care. This is providing affordable, accessible health care, provided by the private sector, for every American in this country. This is change in the design of health care that has been historically, up to this point, employer negotiated, the majority employer paid for, and an employee has very little input into the makeup of the policies that cover them. It doesn't reflect their age, it doesn't reflect their health conditions, it does not reflect their income. What we are talking about is shifting it away from employers over time.
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Richard Burr
Republican · North Carolina

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Discussing the need for universal health care during a speech on health care reform.

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