"The fact is that we would have had comprehensive health care now, had it not been for Ted Kennedy's deliberately blocking the legislation that I proposed in 1978 or '79."

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About Jimmy Carter

American statesman and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He previously served as governor of Georgia and later became known for global humanitarian and election-observation work through the Carter Center. He died in 2024 at age 100.

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