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Linda Bergthold

Date Posted: March 7, 2019
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Dr. Linda Bergthold has been a health care consultant and researcher for more than 25 years. She worked on the Clinton Health Reform plan and was the head of the Obama health care blog team in 2008.

She also writes for The Huffington Post and healthinsurance.org health reform and insurance issues.