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George Bush Gets a Heart Stent—and a Close Brush With Our Broken Health-Care System

Heart Trouble

The 67-year-old former president had a heart stent placed this week. Dr. Kent Sepkowitz explains the procedure—and why the whole affair exposes what’s wrong with the politics of medicine.

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