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What Does 'Universal' Healthcare Reform Really Mean?
Barack Obama says healthcare reform is required for economic recovery. There’s a growing consensus that the time for action is now. By "universal," Obama does not mean healthcare provided and paid for by government. He wants to build on the current, employer-based system.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readBarack Obama says healthcare reform is required for economic recovery. There’s a growing consensus that the time for action is now. By "universal," Obama does not mean healthcare provided and paid for by government. He wants to build on the current, employer-based system. "Universal" has come to mean guaranteed or mandatory health insurance for every American. What will it look like? What will be government’s role? Asked, can we afford to do it? Barack Obama replies with his own question. "Can we afford not to?"
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
Sonya Geis
Senior Managing Editor
Ron Pollack
Families USA
Mike Tuffin
Executive VP of Communications, America's Health Insurance Plans
Anthony Wisniewski
Executive Director of Healthcare, US Chamber of Commerce
The full episode
1 of 3MOCA Accepts Eli Broad's Rescue Offer- 1:27What Does 'Universal' Healthcare Reform Really Mean?You’re reading this
- 28:15Eli Broad to the Rescue
- 45:27How the West's Energy Boom Could Threaten Drinking Water