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Health care reform is once more at the top of the political agenda, after some six years of neglect in the wake of the failure of the Clinton plan. During those six years, the issue was generally considered one of the third rails of American politics — not to be touched. What is causing the turnabout? There are three reasons. First, after a period of stagnation during the mid-1990s, inflation in health care costs is again sharply on the increase. Second, the number of Americans without any health care insurance at all, or with inadequate coverage, continues to rise. And . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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