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Obama aides aim to simplify and scale back health bills
New York Times, September 3, 2009
President Obama plans to address a joint session of Congress in an effort to rally support for healthcare legislation as White House officials look for ways to simplify and scale back the major Democratic bills, lower the cost, and drop nonessential elements. Administration officials said that President Obama would be more specific than he has been to date about what he wants included in the plan.
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