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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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  • NameJimmy Carter
  • DescriptionAmerican politician, 39th president of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981)
  • AliasesJimmy E. Carter; James Earl Carter Jr.; James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr; James E. Carter; Jimmy Earl Carter; James Carter; James Earl Carter; 39th President of the United States; James Earl "Jimmy" Carter; President Carter; President Jimmy Carter; James E. Carter Jr.; James Earle Carter; James "Jimmy" Carter; James Earl (Jimmy) Carter; James Earl Carter, Jr.
  • BornOctober 1, 1924
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionOfficer; Diplomat; Novelist; Politician; Farmer; Autobiographer; Submariner
  • AwardsNobel Peace Prize; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; United Nations Prize In The Field Of Human Rights; Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize; Congressional Space Medal Of Honor; Indira Gandhi Prize; Four Freedoms Award - Freedom Medal; Philadelphia Liberty Medal; American Peace Award; Delta Prize For Global Understanding; International Mediation Medal; Ansel Adams Award