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Obama Story Turns Out to Be (Partially) False

Patient was dropped by insurer, but fought back, and got treatment

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 17, 2009 8:59 AM CDT

(Newser) – One of the most poignant passages from Barack Obama's recent address to Congress concerned an Illinois cancer patient who died, the president said, because his insurer dropped him after discovering an unreported gallstone. In fact, reports the Wall Street Journal, Otto Raddatz did have his...   Read full story »

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