New ideas for health care legislation and is it possible to control costs?

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    healthcareSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday night a new compromise for health care legislation among Senate democrats centered on expanding Medicare. The New Republic’s JONATHON COHN explains what it’s about. Then we talk to LEN NICHOLS from the New America Foundation about health care costs. Can we bend the curve?
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