A Call for Action: Executive SummaryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 18 pages |
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... Americans coverage for health care and long - term care . With this report , the Commission fulfills that charge and calls upon you- our colleagues in the Congress , the President , and the American people - to turn its recommendations ...
... Americans coverage for health care and long - term care . With this report , the Commission fulfills that charge and calls upon you- our colleagues in the Congress , the President , and the American people - to turn its recommendations ...
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... Americans should be proud of a system that can provide the best care in the world . But our system also creates fear - among the mil- lions already excluded from it and the increasing numbers at risk of exclusion : • Uninsured pregnant ...
... Americans should be proud of a system that can provide the best care in the world . But our system also creates fear - among the mil- lions already excluded from it and the increasing numbers at risk of exclusion : • Uninsured pregnant ...
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... Americans affordable , high- quality health care and long - term care when they need it . With this blueprint before us , we can build universal coverage a step at a time . Because today's system works differently for health care ...
... Americans affordable , high- quality health care and long - term care when they need it . With this blueprint before us , we can build universal coverage a step at a time . Because today's system works differently for health care ...
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... Americans will go with- out health care coverage even in the more generous states . 4 Faced with costs they cannot pay , the uninsured delay or do not get medical care . Often the uninsured delay care for minor or chronic problems until ...
... Americans will go with- out health care coverage even in the more generous states . 4 Faced with costs they cannot pay , the uninsured delay or do not get medical care . Often the uninsured delay care for minor or chronic problems until ...
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... Americans with health insur- ance , the problem of care for the uninsured may seem remote . This is a shortsighted ... Americans , able and willing to pay , cannot find an insurer that will cover them . While poor Americans typically ...
... Americans with health insur- ance , the problem of care for the uninsured may seem remote . This is a shortsighted ... Americans , able and willing to pay , cannot find an insurer that will cover them . While poor Americans typically ...
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