The liberal think tank’s health care proposal is full of sound ideas that won’t deliver immediate relief. Here’s what would.
Merrill Goozner
Merrill Goozner, a former editor of Modern Healthcare, publishes GoozNews on Substack, where this post originally appeared.
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