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On the recordMay 13, 2004
Helping the uninsured gain more access to affordable, quality health care is one of the most critical and the most complex and most fundamental challenges in domestic policy that face us today. Under Senator Gregg's leadership, the task force has developed a detailed, pragmatic, and systematic way of addressing this issue. They cast a wide net to gather input from a broad range of resources. Their recommendations offer a serious and substantial framework to tackle what to many people seems to be an intractable problem of uninsurance in America.
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William H. Frist
Tennessee

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Discussing the challenges of uninsured Americans and the recommendations from a task force on health care.

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