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What the Public Really Wants on Health Care
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Ruy Teixeira,
The Century Foundation,
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Center for American Progress,
12/4/2006
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In the aftermath of congressional elections dominated by Iraq and, less prominently, the economy and corruption, it has been all too easy for one of the public’s chief concerns—health care—to be shunted to the side as a secondary issue. But it is not. The public desire for change in the health care arena is so strong that policymakers would be well-advised to start concentrating on the issue now, rather than face the wrath of a frustrated public in the next election cycle.
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What the Public Really Wants Archive
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Edition: Online
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The Health Beat by Maggie Mahar Blog
 The Century Foundation fellow, Maggie Mahar discusses today's most pressing health care policy issues in The Health Beat by Maggie Mahar blog. Click here to view.
Getting More Value from Medicare
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Money-Driven Medicine
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A Second Opinion
Dr. Arnold Relman,
PublicAffairs,
The Century Foundation,
4/23/2007
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Medicare Tomorrow
The Century Foundation Task Force on Medicare Reform, Century Foundation Press
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