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WHY INSURANCE IS THE WRONG WAY TO THINK ABOUT HEALTH CARE

Cathleen Kaveny

It now seems clear that political pressures have transformed President Barack Obama’s health-care reform plan into a health-insurance reform plan. Some commentators have protested that this transformation will result in a reform package too limited in scope. I think the problem is more fundamental. We shouldn’t be thinking of our duty to provide health care as a matter of i (...)


 

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