A Call for Action: Executive SummaryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 18 pages |
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... majority of the Commission adopted specific recommendations to achieve this goal . These recommendations reflect the view that we must begin to build universal health care coverage now . We must pursue the workable rather than the ideal ...
... majority of the Commission adopted specific recommendations to achieve this goal . These recommendations reflect the view that we must begin to build universal health care coverage now . We must pursue the workable rather than the ideal ...
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... majority of Americans , who can take ad- vantage of the best medical services in the world , and the rest , who find it hard to get even basic needed care . As the gap increases , the weight of financing care for those without adequate ...
... majority of Americans , who can take ad- vantage of the best medical services in the world , and the rest , who find it hard to get even basic needed care . As the gap increases , the weight of financing care for those without adequate ...
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... majority of Americans with health insur- ance , the problem of care for the uninsured may seem remote . This is a shortsighted view . As the strains on the system grow , those who depend on job - based coverage face an increasing risk ...
... majority of Americans with health insur- ance , the problem of care for the uninsured may seem remote . This is a shortsighted view . As the strains on the system grow , those who depend on job - based coverage face an increasing risk ...
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... majority of Americans - for whom insurance still works . It would also totally shift fiscal responsibility from em- ployers to taxpayers . Furthermore , movement to a single federal system would eliminate the diversity and choice that ...
... majority of Americans - for whom insurance still works . It would also totally shift fiscal responsibility from em- ployers to taxpayers . Furthermore , movement to a single federal system would eliminate the diversity and choice that ...
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... majority of people of all ages who need long - term care live in the community ( see Figure 4 ) . More than 5 million disabled elderly and over 3 mil- lion disabled younger people live at home ( or in non- nursing residences ) . Nearly ...
... majority of people of all ages who need long - term care live in the community ( see Figure 4 ) . More than 5 million disabled elderly and over 3 mil- lion disabled younger people live at home ( or in non- nursing residences ) . Nearly ...
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