Health job for Hillary Clinton
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Members of the task force will include Donna Shalala, the Health and Human Services Secretary, and the secretaries of the Treasury, Commerce, Defense and Veterans Affairs. The President said it would deal with the rising cost of health care and insurance, veterans' health problems, the Aids crisis and other unmet needs of the health system.
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