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PERSPECTIVE
Finally, Fixing Health Care: What’s Different Now?
Ron Wyden and
Bob Bennett
Is now the time to fix the U.S. health care system? Those who remember the failed attempts of the past would say no. We see it differently. Our optimism is rooted in new developments that didn’t exist the last time Congress addressed health care. These include bipartisan support for our Healthy Americans Act; an ideological truce over the role of government in health care; common ground between business and labor; the realization that states can’t go it alone on health care; the plight of employers in a global marketplace; and the need for coverage that is affordable, accessible, and portable.
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