Prescription: Consumer-Driven Medicine

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
In his State of the Union address, President Bush outlined ambitious plans to change the way health care works in America. Tax-exempt “health savings accounts”, to be purchased by citizens, would gradually replace the system of employer-based health insurance. Also: city reporters on the ACS, TWU and the budget, and the State of the Union slam!!!

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