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Interview: Limits of healthcare law
Advocates for national healthcare programme in the US says law does not go far enough.
Last Modified: 24 Mar 2010 06:06 GMT

Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) is a single issue organisation that advocates for a universal, comprehensive single-payer national health programme.

Al Jazeera interviewed Matt Hendrickson, a doctor from California and PNHP member, who said the recently signed healthcare law is good for the short-term, but in the long run it could prove disastrous.

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