National Health Insurance — The Triumph of Equivocation

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"For the first time ever, national health insurance has a serious chance of passing the Senate during this Congress." So began an article in The Wall Street Journal on July 16, 1979.1 Just over a decade later, similar predictions of universal health coverage are heard, and a consensus on the subject seems to be forming. Yet, in view of the history of proposals for such insurance and the potential obstacles to further federal intervention, we are inclined to be skeptical that decisive action on this issue will soon be taken.So astronomical have health costs become, so disappointing the so-called . . .

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