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Previous Volume 332:972-975 April 6, 1995 Number 14

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The Republican party's commitment to shrink the size of government, erase its budget deficit, and employ market forces to allocate medical resources will substantially shape this year's debate on the future federal role in health care. The Clinton administration is also caught up in an exercise to "reinvent" government. But unlike the Republicans, President Bill Clinton has come to the defense of Medicare, Social Security, and veterans' benefits, all of which are federal entitlement programs that serve the interests of influential voting blocs, such as the elderly and military veterans. These issues represent the battlefield on which the struggle over . . . [Full Text of this Article]

A Lower Priority for Health Care Reform

Medicare as a Target

Forcing the Hand of the Republicans

The Budget Process

The Committees and Key Republican Players

House and Senate Budget Committees

House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees

House Commerce and Senate Labor and Human Resources Committees

Changing the Federal Landscape

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