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Perspectives on health care reform and the Affordable Care Act

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2015

Eileen Burgin*
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University of Vermont
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Correspondence: Eileen Burgin, Department of Political Science, University of Vermont, The Old Mill, Burlington, VT 05405. Email: Eileen.Burgin@uvm.edu
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