Daschle on health law: Defunding is 'a serious threat'

Kaiser Health News interview: Tom Daschle, the former Senate Majority Leader and a senior, informal, advisor to President Obama during the health debate has been writing and talking about how the law got passed. In his new book, "Getting It Done," Daschle talks about the challenges facing the administration now, including walking the line between the "pragmatic and idealistic" and about how to respond to the many requests for waivers from complying with the law. He recently spoke with KFF's Jackie Judd (10/21). Read the transcript or watch the video or listen to the audio.

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