The Washington Post
January 6, 2002
by David S. Broder
” …. as long as somewhere between 39 million and 44 million Americans are without health insurance of any kind, it will be impossible to solve the problems of cost and quality in the health care system. It is also clear that tinkering around the edges cannot, for long, withstand the adverse trends that are at work, let alone reverse them. This is an issue that cannot wait for the war on terrorism to end. It needs attention from the president and Congress. And it needs it now.”