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Obama, Romney sweep health care laws under a rug

Champions shy on overhauls

By Calvin Woodward

 |  Associated Press  

  March 20, 2012

Universal health care is a goal promoted by Richard Nixon four decades ago and advanced in laws enacted by Mitt Romney and Barack Obama in turn. So where are the congratulations between the president and the former Massachusetts governor? The most significant health care law since Medicare gets barely a mention by Obama. And when Romney must talk about the law he won in Massachusetts, it’s because someone’s got him on the defensive in the Republican presidential primary campaign.

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