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Compromise

PROLOGUE

Formulas For Compromise

The system must change. The system cannot change. These seem to be the lessons of policy analysis and policy initiative, of repeated recommendations and oft-frustrated efforts to improve access, moderate cost, enhance quality, and encourage innovation in health insurance. The political imperative is to ascertain how much can be reformed with the least disruption of existing institutions and expectations.

The following papers describe the elements they interpret as essential for health insurance reform while leaving as much as possible of the larger system remain in place, at least for now. Cathy Schoen and her colleagues at the Commonwealth Fund, which . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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