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Daniel Indiviglio - Daniel Indiviglio was an associate editor at The Atlantic from 2009 through 2011. He is now the Washington, D.C.-based columnist for Reuters Breakingviews. He is also a 2011 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow through the Phillips Foundation. More

Indiviglio has also written for Forbes. Prior to becoming a journalist, he spent several years working as an investment banker and a consultant.

Health Care Reform And The Unpopular T-Word

By Daniel Indiviglio
Jul 29 2009, 4:35 PM ET Comment

The many-headed Hydra, with breath poisonous enough to kill, is one of the more gruesome beasts in Greek mythology. In Hercules's great clash with it, he would cut off one of its heads, only to have two more appear. No matter what he did, he couldn't keep up.

You can think of Congress's efforts to pay for health reform as being a little bit like a battle to slay a many-headed Hydra.



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