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Obama opens to applause at AMA 

His plan to insure every American who wants to be insured could cost $1 trillion, but that's less than the cost of not doing it, he said, saying he would pay for it by reforming Medicaid and Medicare and cutting income tax breaks for the wealthy. . . .

Obama praised the AMA for working with his administration to pass last week's law allowing the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco.

The doctors applauded when the president said he would sign the law.

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