In addition, the administration wants to bring down the soaring cost of health care for consumers, businesses and the government.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

It only helps them to bring down the cost of health care, government has to operate the system more efficiently than the market does.

它只能,降低医疗的费用，政府必须,比市场更加有效地运作。

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I don't care what the score is down here at the moment.

我不在乎当前的分数。

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"And so he is having trouble selling this health care policy, which is unpopular, but it is also dragging him down,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

The Postal Service also wants to shut down some post offices and cut back on funding health care for retired mail carriers.

VOA: standard.2010.04.13

That,he says, will bring down the cost of care. "There are other countries that are providing similar outcomes without spending as much money.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

He has had a bad summer. His numbers are down, health care is in peril and he has not been able to work his will on his own party, much less the opposition Republicans."

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

A major point of difference between the two main parties is whether the government should offer a health insurance program to compete with private insurance companies in an effort to drive down health care costs.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

Political analysts say Mr.Obama has little choice but to try and restart the debate over health care since his poll ratings have gone down in recent months, both personally and in terms of his handling of the health care issue.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

In the end, many experts predict that liberal Democrats will back down in the health care debate in the hope of passing some sort of reform that will help the president and Democrats in next year's midterm congressional elections, and in the next presidential election in 2012.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28