Health Affairs, 23, no. 5 (2004): 26 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.23.5.26 © 2004 by Project HOPE	New Online   Pay Cuts For Medicare Docs   Access To Care Woes   Public Coverage More Efficient   Empowering Consumers

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Children's Coverage

PROLOGUE

Children’s Insurance Coverage: Advances And Retreats

PROLOGUE: It is a maxim of health care policy that the best medical care in the world is meaningless to those who do not have health insurance coverage or cannot afford it. The continuing increases in health care costs combined with a sluggish economy have meant that the number of uninsured people continues to grow in the United States. Yet one of the bright spots is coverage for children. After President Bill Clinton’s failure to enact universal coverage in 1994, incrementalists began focusing their attention on gaps in children’s coverage. If the United States could not afford to cover all . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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