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Conservatives should not support Sen. Bob Bennett’s health-care plan B

BOB BENNETT, a Republican senator from Utah, has an idea. The country needs health-care reform, he thinks, and will get it only if the plan is bipartisan. He sees the possibility for a deal that provides health insurance for all through the private sector. Democrats would give up on having a “single payer,” government-run system, and Republicans would accept more regulation of the insurance industry.

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Ramesh Ponnuru

Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

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Conservatives should not support Sen. Bob Bennett’s health-care plan B

BOB BENNETT, a Republican senator from Utah, has an idea. The country needs health-care reform, he thinks, and will get it only if the plan is bipartisan. He sees the possibility for a deal that provides health insurance for all through the private sector. Democrats would give up on having a “single payer,” government-run system, and Republicans would accept more regulation of the insurance industry.