Ask the Expert: Why We Need Health Reform
Senator Tom Daschle on why we need health reform—why it is good for families, for doctors, for businesses, and for governments.
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Why do we need to reform our health care system? How does our current health care system hurt our economy?
(transcript, YouTube, mp4)
This is the second in a series of videos with Sen. Daschle on why we need health care reform.
View the other videos in the series:
- Sen. Daschle on how health reform will help doctors and patients
- Sen. Daschle on why health reform will help the insured and the sick
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Tom Daschle
Distinguished Senior Fellow