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Health Care Debate Turns Nastier

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 21, 2009 12:45 PM CDT

(Newser) – The claws have come out in the Capitol Hill debate on whether the government should create a public insurance plan to compete with private insurers, Politico reports. One of the first tangible signs begins today with an advocacy group's TV ad campaign against Sen. Charles... Read full story »

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