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Obama says health bill key to growth

President touts insurance fix as essential to economic turnaround

Posted: August 9, 2009 at 6:06 a.m.

President Barack Obama said that as the worst economic slump since the Great Depression shows signs of nearing an end, an overhaul of the U.S. health-care system is essential to ensure growth.

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