On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
George Bush's Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill has written recently that there is $1 trillion a year of excess cost in our health care system, and he is no fool, is he?
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Whitehouse cites O'Neill's statement on excessive health care costs to emphasize the issue's seriousness.
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