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Jonathan Gruber, MIT economist and former special advisor to the president on health care, explains the benefits of reform and why the individual mandate is necessary.
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Wondering how health care reform works, and why it’s so important? In this animated video, Jonathan Gruber, MIT economist and former special advisor to the president on health care, explains the benefits of reform and why the individual mandate is necessary.
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