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Ron Wyden: “We created a health care system after World War II that was completely tethered to the employer, and that was because we…”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2016
We created a health care system after World War II that was completely tethered to the employer, and that was because we had to.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden discusses the historical context of employer-based health care.

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