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Why Public Programs Matter — And Will Continue to Matter — Even after Health Reform

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Elizabeth J. Fowler  and
Timothy Stoltzfus Jost
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As we write this paper in spring 2008, many are hopeful that November’s election will open the door to some form of comprehensive health care reform. In all likelihood, we will elect a president who has campaigned to a greater or lesser extent on promises of improving access to health care, improving quality, and reducing costs. Equally important, it seems likely that the 111th Congress is preparing to undertake meaningful health care reform. And perhaps most important, despite recent attention to energy issues and the economy, opinion polls consistently show that the American public continues to rank health care as one of the two or three most important domestic issues in the fall elections and supports comprehensive health care reform.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , Winter 2008 , pp. 670 - 676
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2008

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