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Special Report
May 2008: The Path to Universal Health Care, Volume , Issue
What Path to Universal Coverage? Robert Kuttner
The next administration will expand health coverage. Will they fix what is broken -- or just inflate costs?
The Primacy of Prevention Neal Halfon
Addressing the whole range of behaviors that affect health is the key to a healthier society. This requires a universal health care system.
What Really Ails Medicare Jonathan Cohn
The cost crisis of Medicare gets a lot of attention. The program can be fixed only by universalizing the larger health system in which Medicare resides.
Health Reform You Shouldn't Believe In Marcia Angell
What the Massachusetts experiment teaches us about incremental efforts to increase coverage by expanding private insurance.
Why Not Connecticut? Marc Caplan
A model grassroots organizing campaign mobilizes public opinion for universal coverage in a state long dominated by private insurers.
Lessons From California Anthony Wright
The Schwarzenegger plan was a near miss, but well worth the trouble. The stage is set for the next effort.
Borrowing Ill Health Tamara Draut
Hospitals are getting more aggressive about sending debt collectors after under-insured consumers.