The Health of the Nation

Published: 10/4/2010 Tags: big government, conservatism, government services, health care, immunization, liberalism, medicine, political history, public health

The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode “Body Politics: A History of Health Care.” You can listen to the entire episode here.

Political scientist Jacob Hacker, author of the “public plan,” uses history to explain how we wound up with a system so different from the European model, and why lobbyists hold so much sway over health policy.

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Excerpted from: Body Politics: A History of Health Care

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