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By Jason Horowitz 3/28/08 7:13pm

Health Care Guru: ‘Front-Runner’ Obama Won’t Match Clinton on Specifics

Barack Obama should be more explicit about how he wants people to pay for health insurance under his plan—but don’t hold your breath for more details.

That’s the opinion of Jonathan Gruber, an MIT economist who helped to develop the health care plans of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Gruber said that after Read More

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