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Single payer health plan off the table?


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St. Paul, Minn. — A single government plan for health care appears to be too radioactive for Congress or President Obama. Two experts on either side of the single-payer plan issue debate what's the best health care system.

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  • David Himmelstein, MD: Primary care doctor and co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program. He's also associate professor of medicine at Harvard University.
  • Thomas Miller: Resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He was former senior health economist for Congress' Joint Economic Committee.

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