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A Short History of Health-Care Disasters

With Tuesday's vote in the Senate Finance Committee, President Obama's push for health-care reform came closer to final passage than any president’s in history. And it’s quite a history. The Daily Beast looks at Obama's predecessors, from Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton, and how close they got to the finish line.

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