John Dingle has been working on Health Care from 1957

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http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/14/1996395.aspx


Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) who has proposed a health-care reform bill every year since 1963, his first year in Congress, emotionally
said from the podium, "This is a good bill. It is a uniquely American solution to address the insecurities in health care felt by the
American people." *** CORRECTION *** Per Dingell's office, the congressman has proposed health-care reform every year since 1957, not 1963.



Dingle in a recent interview, "It is a good bill, we need this bill, and we pass this bill."