The Clinton Health Plan: We Deserved Better
Introduction
Today, nearly everyone agrees that America’s health care delivery system is badly in need of reform. Its problems are manifold. First and foremost, it is too expensive. As a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)and on a per capita basis, America’s health costs greatly exceed those of other nations. Yet we, the American people, are not getting our money’s worth; despite the expenditure of more than 14 percent of GDP our nation’s public-health statistics compare unfavorably with nations that spend far less?
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