President Obama delivers remarks about health care reform with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Chairman and CEO George Halverson (L), American Medical Association President-Elect J. James Rohack, M.D.,and other healthcare leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House May 11, 2009. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The politics of health care reform
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The author of a new book out this week, "The Heart of Power: Health and Politics in the Oval Office," joins Midday to discuss the history of health care reform and the current debate.
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James Morone: Professor of political science and urban studies at Brown University. He is a Puliter Prize-nominated nonfiction writer and has testified before Congress many times. Morone's earlier books include, "Healthy, Wealthy and Fair: Health Care for a Good Society," "Hellfire Nation," and "The Democratic Wish."
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