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Single-payer pharmacare is a cure worse than what ails the system

A federal intrusion that disrupts coverage for three-quarters of the population, requires tax hikes and spending cuts, and leads to less drug access hardly seems like a political winner. But neither is silence on the other side of the debate.

Opinion
BY SEAN SPEER
November 14, 2018

Opinion | BY SEAN SPEER | November 14, 2018

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