May 2008: The Path to Universal Health Care
Special Report
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Lessons From California
The Schwarzenegger plan was a near miss, but well worth the trouble. The stage is set for the next effort.
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Borrowing Ill Health
Hospitals are getting more aggressive about sending debt collectors after under-insured consumers.
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What Path to Universal Coverage?
The next administration will expand health coverage. Will they fix what is broken -- or just inflate costs?
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The Elusive Politics of Reform
Once again, a new administration and Congress will try to bring us universal health insurance. This time, despite urgent cost pressures, will they do it right?
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The Primacy of Prevention
Addressing the whole range of behaviors that affect health is the key to a healthier society. This requires a universal health care system.
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What Really Ails Medicare
The cost crisis of Medicare gets a lot of attention. The program can be fixed only by universalizing the larger health system in which Medicare resides.
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Health Reform You Shouldn't Believe In
What the Massachusetts experiment teaches us about incremental efforts to increase coverage by expanding private insurance.
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Why Not Connecticut?
A model grassroots organizing campaign mobilizes public opinion for universal coverage in a state long dominated by private insurers.
