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By Eli Ginzberg, with Miriam Ostow. 216 pp. New York, Free Press, 1994. $22.95. ISBN 0-02-911715-1.

The Road to Reform is a clear, well-informed, and balanced primer on the American health care system, written for a concerned public. The book is an excellent source of insight into the numerous factors that have created the current climate of reform.

Ginzberg documents the problems of the present system and their historical roots. Millions of Americans are uninsured and face barriers in obtaining the care they need. Costs are out of control, potentially doubling to $2 trillion by the year 2000. There are too many specialists, and perhaps too many doctors. Hospitals have excess capacity, with an average occupancy . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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