Health Care Proposals of 2008 Democratic and Republican Presidential Nominees: Implications for Improving Access, Affordability and Quality for America's Minorities | Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

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Health Care Proposals of 2008 Democratic and Republican Presidential Nominees: Implications for Improving Access, Affordability and Quality for America's Minorities

David A. Bositis, Ph.D.

Dennis P.Andrulis, Ph.D, MPH

Nadia J. Siddiqui, MPH

August 2008

This report examines Senator Barack Obama’s and Senator John McCain’s health care proposals in the context of eliminating the nation’s longstanding racial/ethnic disparities in health and health care.

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