title: Health care in 1984: what the Party platforms say.
abstract: Campaign promises are as abundant in 1984 as they have been in most other years, running the gamut from defense to the environment to health and welfare. This year, however, with the impending bankruptcy of Medicare and other health-care-related concerns looming ahead, physicians with an interest in the socioeconomics of medicine might wish to examine closely the pledges of the candidates and their parties. The following paragraphs have been excerpted for readers of The Internist from the texts of the Democratic and Republican Parties' platforms, which were published respectively in the July 21, 1984, and August 25, 1984, issues of the Congressional Quarterly.
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