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    Democrats, Healthcare and the Progressive Agenda

    "The principal policy division between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama involves health care." That's the lead of Paul Krugman's column today in the New York Times. Krugman is a Princeton economist whose latest book is The Conscience of a Liberal .

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

    "The principal policy division between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama involves health care." That's the lead of Paul Krugman's column today in the New York Times. Krugman is a Princeton economist whose latest book is The Conscience of a Liberal. Harvard economist David Cutler, author of Your Money or Your Life: Strong Medicine for America's Health Care System, served on former President Clinton's Health Care Task Force, and he's now an advisor to Senator Obama.

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