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The Role Of Race In The Health Care Debate

The health care debate in America is heating up again due to efforts by some in Congress to repeal or defund the health care reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Boehner et. al., 2011). One factor that is not often discussed within the health care debate is the influence of race on people’s attitudes towards the law. Last August, U.S. Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.), pointing to numerous racially charged threats his office had received, argued that racism was one of the issues driving the health care debate (Capelouto, 2009).

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