From long-term care savings accounts to parks funding, revamping the health care system is about more than just new taxes and deals with hospitals and insurance companies.
NPR health correspondent Julie Rovner takes a step back from the breathless moment-to-moment coverage of the health care overhaul effort on Capitol Hill to discuss the public impact of elements in the various bills you may not have heard about.
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President Obama is asking Congress to find a way to extend coverage to every American.
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