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On the recordJune 21, 1996
But have a statistic that you could go out and argue we need a national system, we need a national health care system because there are millions of people who are uninsured, rather than reduce that number by this new and constructive experiment.
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T. Gorton
Republican · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for a national health care system.

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