Katherine Restrepo, John Locke Foundation health and human services policy analyst, discusses U.S. Sen. Richard Burr’s health care reform alternative to the Affordable Care Act. Restrepo offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 566).
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