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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says agreement on an energy bill and a promise by interest groups to squeeze trillions of dollars in health-care savings show change has come to Washington.
He said Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet address that he was heartened by the “willingness of those with different points of view and disparate interests to come together around common goals.”
Republicans said they agree with Obama that the system needs an overhaul but also offered a warning.
“A government takeover of health care will put bureaucrats in charge of health care decisions that should be made by families and doctors,” Rep. Charles Boustany of Louisiana said in the Republican radio and Internet message.
