The series was designed as an exploration of the main topics of contention in the healthcare reform debate. The reporter went beyond the numbers to speak with those affected. They include a doctor who left the medical profession because he said he could no longer work in a system that was broken, participants in a town-hall style meeting in which opponents of reform expressed fears about death panels and a healthcare co-op in Seattle.
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