A Conversation With Kennedy Biographer Adam Clymer

KHN’s Eric Pianin talks with author and former New York Times congressional correspondent Adam Clymer about the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and his legacy of federal health care legislation and reform.

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<h1>A Conversation With Kennedy Biographer Adam Clymer</h1>
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			August 26, 2009		</time>
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<p>KHN’s Eric Pianin talks with author and former New York Times congressional correspondent Adam Clymer about the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and his legacy of federal health care legislation and reform.</p><p>      <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2009/08/082609_khn_checking_clymer.mp3">Podcast (mp3)</a> or <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/64FBF380-BB84-4012-B724-29A5B590FF82">Read the Transcript</a></p><p /><p>      <strong>Related Content:</strong> </p><ul><li>    <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/Stories/2009/August/26/Kennedy-health-care-timeline.aspx">A Timeline of Kennedy’s Health Care Achievements and Disappointments<p /></a></li><li>    <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/Stories/2009/August/26/Kennedy-React.aspx">Recalling Kennedy: Health Care Players Reflect on His Career</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/082609clymer/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/082609clymer/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/082609clymer/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20A%20Conversation%20With%20Kennedy%20Biographer%20Adam%20Clymer&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F082609clymer%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/082609clymer/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/082609clymer/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/082609clymer/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=10021&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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