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Article: Health care reform: what happened this year, what will happen next year.
- Article from:
- Management Quarterly
- Article date:
- September 22, 1994
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The health care reform debate will continue when the 104th Congress convenes next January. This article will examine why health care will continue to be a Congressional issue, why it is important to the economy and to rural America, and details NRECA's role in the health care reform debate.
What happened to health care reform? The same thing that happened to baseball this past year: both became engulfed in controversies that couldn't be resolved because the parties involved were too intransigent. Like baseball, health care reform is over for this year. What will happen next year? It's a whole new ball game.
Last January, most of those who follow health care ...