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Affordability Is Key to Real Health Care Reform

History is unfolding before our eyes as Congress overhauls our health care system so that, at long last, it covers all Americans. Maybe.

While there’s a good chance that Congress will enact some type of health care reform this year, all will be for naught if the new system leaves the cost of care out of reach for many Americans. If affordability is not adequately addressed, the prognosis for the nation will be poor.

Read the CenterPoints column Affordability Is Key to Real Health Care Reform.

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