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Interest groups, policy making, and health care reforrn.Please, watch "Obama's Deal" by opening this link:www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamasdeaVviewnautoplayThis documentary is a case-study in policy making. It helps us to learn about the mechanisms of makinglaws at the national level for high profile policies in America. In particular, this case gives us a chance tothink through several key concepts we are studying in this course: lobbying, interest groups, civil liberties, civil society, private vs. public interests, and representative government, to mention some. Prompt: In your essay, please, discuss what you think this case helps us to learn about the role of interest groups in policy making. In addition, please, reflect on how this case complements on, reinforces, or, perhaps, contradicts our textbook content. In your commentary, please, strive to engagepolitical vocabulary (i.e. use concepts such public opinion, political culture, media, interest groups, lobbying, policy making, representation, democracy, civil society, and etc.) Format: 2 full pages, 12 font, Times New Roman, 1 inch margins. Since this assignment will require more time, it will count as two review papers.I am also providing a guide for the documentary. In your essay, you do not need to answer all the questions from the study guide — they simply are designed to help students guide their viewing of the documentary.

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