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Article: Voodoo health care. (health care reform) (Editorial)
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- The Nation
- Article date:
- September 5, 1994
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Of the many disheartening results of the current struggle for health care reform, surely the most poignant has been the loss of the last opportunity in this century to democratize medical care and expand human rights in that wide area where Americans are most vulnerable. None of the bills now the subject of what must laughingly be described as "debate." nor the equally risible "compromises" likely to develop, are blueprints for significant change. For all practical purposes, the "health reform moment" that appeared three years ago is over.
Some of the bills now before Congress contain benefits for people in dire straits. Most legislators seem ready to approve ...