Is Congress Opting Out of Real Reform?

By GRIT TV

October 14, 2009

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Is Congress going to "opt-out" of real health care reform, or is the so-called opt-out provision a worthy compromise for progressives who've already compromised just to get to discussion of a public option? We'll have Adam Thompson of the Progressive States Network, Paul Waldman from The American Prospect, and Representative Raul Grijalva, Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, to discuss the fate of health care reform now that it's in the hands of the entire Congress, not just a committee.

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