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Now that we as a nation have put the impeachment spectacle behind us, we have the opportunity to address issues that will truly affect our well-being during the early decades of the next century. The future of our health care system is certainly one of these issues.

It has been five years since Congress considered and rejected the Clinton proposal for health care reform. Despite the enormous changes that have occurred during this brief period, we seem to be wrestling with many of the same health policy demons that occupied us in 1994 and, indeed, for 30 years before that: . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Health Care Policy and Politics at the End of the 20th Century

Conditions for a Revival of Comprehensive National Health Care Reform

Declining Access to Care

Increasing Costs of Care

Threats to the Quality of Care

Conclusions

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