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Daschle: Insurers Can Talk to Rush—Or Me

Says Dems need to 'do better' at selling health care reform

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 30, 2009 9:42 AM CDT

(Newser) – Why is Tom Daschle taking money to advise an insurer that’s against the creation of a public health care option—a measure he supports? Pish-posh, the former Senate majority leader tells Deborah Solomon in the New York Times. Who would doubters on the left... Read full story »

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