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A Lost Cause: Bill Clinton's Campaign for National Health Insurance

by Nicholas Laham. 251 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Nicholas Laham

Publisher:

   Praeger

Place of Publication:

  Westport, CT  

Publication Year:

  1996
Subjects:   National Health Insurance--United States, National Health Insurance--Law And Legislation--United States, Health Care Reform--United States
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