In advance of formal talks, Democratic leaders are stressing the need to come up with a consensus that can deliver health care security and quality while controlling short and longer-term costs.

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There was the settlement over illegal workers, then the embarrassing memo about controlling health care costs by, among other things, attracting healthy workers.

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He'll be talking about controlling health care costs as the key to salvaging the economy, Emanuel adds, but he's not going to start legislating.

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And our success will also require controlling spiraling health care costs that are bankrupting families, and crushing businesses, and driving up skyrocketing deficits.

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