title: Gut issue.
abstract: Unions are willing to strike over it, and companies are ready to draw the line, too. Now both sides are turning to Congress to fix the health insurance mess. This is the first of two articles on responses to the growing health care crisis. A report on state efforts begins on p. 708.
authors: K
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authors: Victor
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000639:trends*; D007221:Industry / Q000191:economics*; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000639:trends*; D007750:Labor Unions; D013317:Strikes, Employee; D014481:United States