Health Care Overhaul: The Public Option Debate - Roll Call

Health Care Overhaul: The Public Option Debate

By Madison Powers and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted June 24, 2009 at 12:00am

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Madison Powers is senior research scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. His columns appear periodically in CQ Politics.

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