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    Healthcare Reform: Is the President Doing It Right…or Not?

    Conventional wisdom has it that healthcare reform is in big trouble, especially with conservative, "Blue Dog" Democrats worried about next year's elections. But big Pharma 's on board and the American Medical Association , after 60 years of denouncing government plans as "socialized medicine."

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

    Conventional wisdom has it that healthcare reform is in big trouble, especially with conservative, "Blue Dog" Democrats worried about next year's elections. But big Pharma's on board and the American Medical Association, after 60 years of denouncing government plans as "socialized medicine." Are White House tactics paying off after all? What did those special interests get for their support? What did they give up? Will it all add up to cost control? We talk to the doctors and others.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Nancy Nielsen

      Immediate Past President, American Medical Association

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      Robert Laszewski

      President, Health Policy and Strategy Associates

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      Norman Ornstein

      American Enterprise Institute / Atlantic

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    2 of 3
    Healthcare Reform: Is the President Doing It Right…or Not?
    1. 0:00McChrystal Says Urgent Need for Troops in Afghanistan
    2. 7:47Healthcare Reform: Is the President Doing It Right…or Not?You’re reading this
    3. 43:52Details Emerge on Arrest of Three in Terror Probe
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