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Ask the Expert: How to Build an Effective Public Health Insurance Plan

By Peter Harbage | April 14, 2009

Why do we need a public health insurance plan? What would an effective public health insurance plan look like? And how would this public health insurance plan help make health care more affordable for all?

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Video: The Case for Health Reform

Competitive Health Care: A Public Health Insurance Plan that Delivers Market Discipline, from CAP Action

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