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David Blumenthal on the Campbell Conversations

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David Blumenthal, president of the Commonwealth Fund

Five years after its passage, Obamacare still generates heated political arguments, and is exhibit A of the political polarization in Washington.  As the presidential election cycle begins to gear up, we will no doubt re-debate the law.  Just how successful has it been?  Is it achieving its objectives?  As a policy change, what have been its greatest challenges?  

This week on the Campbell Conversations, host Grant Reeher talks with an ideal person to break through the rhetoric surrounding the law and consider its actual impact—David Blumenthal is President of the Commonwealth Fund, a highly respected non-profit organization dedicated to research on health care.

Grant Reeher is a Political Science Professor and Senior Research Associate at the Campbell Public Affairs Institute at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship. He is also creator, host and program director of “The Campbell Conversations” on WRVO, a weekly regional public affairs program featuring extended in-depth interviews with regional and national writers, politicians, activists, public officials, and business professionals.
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