David Cutler

Professor of Economics, Harvard University

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Professor of Economics at Harvard University who served on President Clinton's Health Care Task Force; author of Your Money or Your Life: Strong Medicine for America's Health Care System and adviser to Barack Obama on his healthcare plan

David Cutler on KCRW

A California doctor gets $24 to spend a half hour with a Medicaid patient, less than it costs to keep the lights on in his office.

What's Left of the Promise of Healthcare for the Elderly and Poor?

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A California doctor gets $24 to spend a half hour with a Medicaid patient, less than it costs to keep the lights on in his office.

What's Left of the Promise of Healthcare for the Elderly and Poor?

A California doctor gets $24 to spend a half hour with a Medicaid patient, less than it costs to keep the lights on in his office.

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"The principal policy division between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama involves health care." That's the lead of Paul Krugman's column today in the New York Times.

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"The principal policy division between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama involves health care." That's the lead of Paul Krugman's column today in the New York Times.

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