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    A Better Path to Affordable Healthcare?

    Obamacare was produced in part to put the brakes on the costs of healthcare in the United States, which outstrips the rest of the industrial world. There's a developing consensus on both sides that the "employer mandate" may be a major part of the problem, and it's been put off for a year. Will it ultimately be phased out?

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Obamacare was produced in part to put the brakes on the costs of healthcare in the United States, which outstrips the rest of the industrial world. There's a developing consensus on both sides that the "employer mandate" may be a major part of the problem, and it's been put off for a year. Will it ultimately be phased out?

    David Goldhill, President and CEO of the cable TV network, GSN, is author of the new book,

    Catastrophic Care: How America Health Care Killed My Father -- and How We Can Fix It.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Caitlin Shamberg

      KCRW

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      David Goldhill

      GSN

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    The Zimmerman Verdict Divides a Nation
    1. 0:00Legal Options Considered as Protesters React to Zimmerman Acquittal
    2. 8:14The Zimmerman Verdict and a Nation Divided
    3. 43:12A Better Path to Affordable Healthcare?You’re reading this
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