Whatever happened to the reform of American health policy?

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The central issues of reform debated in Congress and by the nation were universal coverage for all Americans, how to finance it, which benefits to include, how to control the cost, the federal government's role, and the degree of consumer choice. There were four differing major positions in the Democratic party and almost as many in the Republican party. The Democrats ranged from advocates of the single payer Canadian model, Clinton supporters, and the Cooper moderates to the old Southern traditionalists. And the Republican positions ranged from denial of any crisis (Senator Phil Gramm, Texas) to insurance reform (Senator Robert Dole, Kansas) to moderate reformists (Senator John Chaffee, Rhode Island). While most agree that all Americans should be covered, cross cutting and multiple positions emerged on the five other …

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