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THE PRESIDENT: That's good. I'm going to tell you something -- we have fabulous health care in America, just so you know. I think it's very important -- before people start griping about the health care system here -- and of course there's always grounds for complaint -- just to compare it with other systems around the world. And one of the reasons our system is expensive is because some of the new technologies that are coming online, they happen to be saving lives. And can we become more efficient deliverers of health care? You bet. Are there things we can do? Absolutely. But whatever we do, we don't want to undermine the fact that we've got great health care. I'm very proud of our docs, nurses, researchers. There's some just fabulous research going on in our country. To me that's in our national interest that we spend money on medical research, so that we can stay on the leading edge of change.