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What I Learned About Health Care in the 1990s
Dick Gephardt was a leader in Congress 15 years ago, when the last major effort at health-care reform fizzled. He reflects on keeping medical costs down and keeping politicians focused on real change.
Dick Gephardt
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Jul. 5 2009
6:51PM EDT
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