President Clinton on Obesity Prevention

Jul 27, 2009

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Former President Bill Clinton spoke about obesity prevention and health care issues. In his remarks he focused on the costs of obesity to families and communities, but frequently made reference to the on-going efforts to enact health care reform. He said he saw "eerily familiar" political arguments getting in the way of progress on one of the .. Read More
Former President Bill Clinton spoke about obesity prevention and health care issues. In his remarks he focused on the costs of obesity to families and communities, but frequently made reference to the on-going efforts to enact health care reform. He said he saw "eerily familiar" political arguments getting in the way of progress on one of the most serious issues facing the nation. He also criticized critics of reform, saying that people with an interest in the status quo were balking at paying for preventative measures for patients without proof that the patient would get sick.

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00:00:01 Unidentified Speaker WE'RE GOING TO BREAK AWAY FROM THIS RECORDED PROGRAM AND TAKE YOU LIVE NOW TO -- AND WE HAVE MORE...
00:00:35 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DR. FRIEDEN, ADMIRAL GARSON, DR. MARKS, DR. COLLINS, LADIES...
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00:42:17 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. YOUR WORDS ARE WELL APPRECIATED BY THE GROUP HERE. [ APPLAUSE ]

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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