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To the Editor: I appreciate many of the points that Dr. Blumenthal made in his article, "Health Care Reform — Past and Future" (Feb. 16 issue).¹ However, I believe that he overlooks many of the major reasons for the political defeat of federal health care reform in 1994.

Because there is already Medicare for the aged and Medicaid for the poor, the public does not see the necessity of disrupting the existing health system at a high cost. The aged and the poor — the most vulnerable members of our society — are already covered by government programs. It is . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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