Health care has been on the top of Washington's agenda for weeks now. The U.S. Senate is still battling it out and with the August recess looming, it is unlikely that the national health care debate will end any time soon. For a closer look at the way the Senate wages war, The Takeaway talks to former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. As the Republican leader from Tennessee, Frist had a front row seat to health care debates. And as a heart surgeon, Frist had first-hand knowledge about the practice of medicine and the intersection of health care, insurance, and medical practice. He also has just written a book called A Heart to Serve: The Passion to Bring Health, Hope, and Healing
"President Obama—he’s the most inspirational politician I’ve ever met. But at the end of the day he should’ve been focusing on those Blue Dog Democrats, bringing them into the room."
—Bill Frist, on Obama's handling of the politics of health care reform
Click through for a transcript of the conversation with Dr. Bill Frist.
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