title: Tug of war for a new millennium.
abstract: Left dead in the water in 1999, the reforms that would reshape medicare and mandate patient protections have now drifted into election-year partisanship.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rovner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States