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Professor Marc Roberts Breaks Down the Clinton Health Care Plan.

Professor of Political Economy and Health Policy Marc Roberts. He's written a new book about the health care crisis: "Your Money or Your Life: The Health Care Crisis Explained." (Doubleday). Roberts will talk with Terry about Clinton's health care plan, which the president presented to Congress yesterday. Roberts is on the faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health and the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

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Other segments from the episode on October 28, 1993

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, October 28, 1993: Interview with Marc Roberts, Part 1; Interview with Dave Frishberg; Interview with Marc Roberts, Part 2; Commentary on Tejano music.

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