Healthcare coalition rises, then stalls
Yahoo News, February 17, 2009
Labor unions and business groups have teamed up in a multimillion-dollar national lobbying campaign to pressure President Barack Obama and Congress for big changes in the nation's healthcare system, but the alliance is at odds as they get down to the specifics. After spending two years and more than $20 million to promote the idea, collaborators in the Divided We Fail coalition are divided over key elements of how to fix healthcare.
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