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Blinded by Ideology
New GOP tune: Insuring people isn’t our goal! We just know good Americans don’t want insurance if it means living under the evil government mandate. Actually, wrong.
Ben Adler is a journalist in New York City. He has been a reporter at Grist, The Nation, Newsweek, and Politico. He tweets at @badler.
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