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Transcript: Senator Rockefeller On Health Co-Ops Plan
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- July 31, 2009
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ROBERT SIEGEL
NPR All Things Considered
07-31-2009
Senator Rockefeller On Health Co-Ops Plan
Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time 21:00-22:00 PM
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ROBERT SIEGEL, host:
Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia sits on the Senate Finance Committee. In fact, he chairs the subcommittee on health care. And while some more conservative Democrats talk up the idea of health cooperatives as an alternative to a government-sponsored health insurance plan, Senator Rockefeller is publicly skeptical of the co-op idea and he joins us now. Hi, welcome to the program.
Senator JAY ROCKEFELLER (Democrat, West Virginia): Well, thank you, Robert.
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