title: A sick system.
abstract: After nearly two decades of skyrocketing costs, widespread gaps in insurance coverage and overwhelming public sentiment in favor of reform, health care has finally taken hold as a political issue. The Bush Administration, key Capitol Hill lawmakers and most of the major Democratic presidential candidates have advanced plans to break Washington's gridlock on overhauling the system. Here's a road map of the competing routes to reform and the hazards that are likely to be encountered along the way.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Kosterlitz
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D003710:Demography; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000639:trends*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009310:National Health Insurance, United States / Q000191:economics; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States