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10.6.09

Honest Debate – and Pragmatic Solutions

Joanne Kenen | From New Health Dialogue

Liberty. Justice, Responsibility, Solidarity.

These are some of the American Values highlighted in the Hasting Centers report on “Connecting American Values with Health Reform”.

Watching health reform unfold here in Washington, however, that “Connection” is painfully elusive. The debate is not a careful calibration of competing rights, values and obligations. It’s a political moshpit. Instead of values, we have vitriol…

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