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Rhetoric Is Easier Than Policy

by David Kurtz
01.28.14 | 8:58 am

The new GOP alternative to Obamacare shows why Republicans have refrained from offering a concrete plan for so long: health care policy is complex and requires hard choices that result in uneasy compromises. But even still, is targeting employer-based insurance for disruption really what Republicans want to do?

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