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Universal Nightmare: Hawaii's Failed Universal Health Care Experiment

This is a rush transcript from "Hannity," July 23, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated .SEAN HANNITY, HOST: Welcome back to "Universal Nightmare." Hawaii was the 50th state admitted to the union, but the first to implement a universal health- care scheme. Now, it did not go as lawmakers in the Aloha State had originally planned, and Griff Jenkins, he tells us the story why.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)GRIFF JENKINS, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Welcome to Hawaii, home to surfing and the aloha spirit and the childhood home of President Barack Obama. It's also home to a failed experiment in universal health care, an experiment whose lessons seem lost on its most famous son.PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: We have finally decided it's time to give every American quality health care at an affordable cost.JENKINS (voice-over): Critics of President Obama's plan for universal coverage for all Americans worry that while the goal of universal health care might be noble, the government may not...

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