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Article: Gregoire talks health care with Obama, urges state role.(Strange Bedfellows)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- June 24, 2009
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Gov. Chris Gregoire and four other governors met with President Barack Obama Wednesday to advocate for an overhaul of the nation's health care system.
"He was very receptive," Gregoire said in a conference call with reporters afterwards. "If nothing else, this president is a great listener. He dug in on some of the isssues and wanted to hear more."
Gregoire joined Govs. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich., Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Jim Doyle, D-Wis. and Jim Douglas, R-Vt. Obama met with the governors because states have experimented with health care reform. For example, in Washington state Gregoire has worked to expand coverage for children and had set a goal of ...