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Opinion

Jeff Jacoby

On health care, state doesn’t know best

In both the Senate and House health care bills, the core principle is the same: The state knows best. Ham-fisted state intervention is responsible for much of what ails the Bay State’s markets in health care and medical coverage. More ham-fisted intervention isn’t the cure.

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