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Complete coverage: The health care bill and Long Island

Soaring health care costs are a constant worry for thousands of Long Islanders, narrowing their treatment choices and often defining how they live, experts say.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMAPresident Barack Obama signs the health

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President Barack Obama signs the health insurance reform bill into law at the White House, Tuesday, as Marcelas Owens, 11, of Seattle, looks on. (March 23, 2010)

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