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Democrats Search for the Holy Grail of Health Care

The 2020 contenders disagree on whether the health-care system needs a major overhaul or incremental fixes.
Source: Aaron Bernstein / Reuters

The 2020 Democratic hopefuls can agree on one thing: All Americans should have access to health care. But what that means in practice could look dramatically different depending on which candidate, if any, wins the presidential election.

Four of the 10 candidates who participated in the first Democratic presidential debate tonight as supporting

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