title: Musings on genome medicine: the slow but inexorable process of medical care reform in the United States.
abstract: The current healthcare system in the United States is unsustainable, but any attempts at improvement must be carefully managed to avoid weakening the country's contribution to biomedical science research and the future of genome medicine.
authors.affiliation: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. david_nathan@dfci.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Nathan
authors.forename: Stuart H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Orkin