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The US could have ended up with a British-style health care system: Here is why it didn’t

  • Written by Simon F. Haeder, Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University

The role of government in the U.S. health care system has been contentious long before the recent emergence of Medicare-For-All proposals among Democratic presidential candidates. Advocates of so-called free-market health care have long described government intervention as “un-American” and “socialist.” Their arguments can...

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