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Obama Open to Plan Requiring Everyone to Get Insurance

Jun. 3, 2009
President Obama said that he was receptive to Congressional proposals to require every American to have health insurance and make employers offer it, but he also said there should be exemptions.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler