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Article: Health care for all: a Catholic perspective.
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- Commonweal
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- May 7, 1993
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 Commonweal Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The Clinton administration's Task Force on National Health Care is scheduled to submit its report to the president this month. The report, of course, will be a proposal, and its publication will signal the beginning of a new phase of the national debate on health care. The U.S. argument about health care reaches back to the early 1970s, but the Clinton campaign and the Clinton presidency have generated new expectations for change, and its proposal for reform will provide a defined focus for the public debate. Among the institutions which are prepared by ideas and experiences to contribute to the national assessment of health-care reforms is the Catholic church. The ...