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Health and the election

BMJ 2012; 345 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e7328 (Published 31 October 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;345:e7328
  1. Edward Davies, US news and features editor
  1. edavies{at}bmj.com

With election season now entering the home straight, healthcare has, unsurprisingly, featured heavily in the campaigns of both US presidential candidates.

In their final televised debate last week, Mitt Romney even managed to shoehorn his pledge to repeal “Obamacare” into an exchange about military spending (doi:10.1136/bmj.e7198), saying he would get it …

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