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Paul Farmer: The Big Idea on Health Care

Partners in Health

The charismatic doctor and social activist, known for his work in Haiti and co-founding the organization Partners in Health, talks about why the American health-care system is not working, and what advice he has for the new crop of college graduates entering the real world. His commencement speeches have been collected in the new book To Repair the World.

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