title: State 'laboratories' test health care reform solutions.
abstract: Widely recognized by the states as a pressing policy issue, health care reform appears to have moved up on the national policy agenda as well. President Clinton has promised to address the issue during his first 100 days in office. Previously, however, the federal government has been deadlocked on health care reform, leaving the states to become the laboratories for developing and testing proposed solutions to our health care crisis. By passing MinnesotaCare in last year's legislative session, Minnesota joined the growing number of states attempting to provide access to affordable, quality health care to their citizens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota-Duluth School of Medicine.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Elliott
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States