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In 1990 I made a quantum leap from practicing in the Navy's single-payer, universal-coverage health care system into civilian pediatrics.

Maggie Kozel, M.D.: Health Care Reform: We Need to Reframe the Questions M.D. Maggie Kozel 2011

In 1990 I made a quantum leap from practicing in the Navy's single-payer, universal-coverage health care system into civilian pediatrics.

Maggie Kozel, M.D.: Health Care Reform: We Need to Reframe the Questions M.D. Maggie Kozel 2011

M. Jodi Rell's veto to enact a universal-coverage law slated to go into effect by 2012.

Connecticut Pushes Ahead on Health Care 2009

What does it mean when leading House Democrats, and apparently the White House repudiate their own campaign promises to enact a universal-coverage national health care plan only days into the new Congress and new administration, even though they have a popular president and the biggest Congressional majority in two generations?

House Democratic Leader Declares National Health Care Legislation "Off The Table" This Year, Maybe Next 2009

Republican President Richard Nixon proposed a universal-coverage plan requiring employers to provide coverage -- not that far from what leading Democrats support now.

Tempering Health-Care Goals 2008

He goes in with good will from key interest groups that have been working behind the scenes to build momentum for health reform, an effort not seen since 1993-94 when President Bill Clinton tried and failed to pass a universal-coverage initiative.

This Time Around, Health-Care Revamp Has Wings 2008

Even if Clinton can pass the proverbial managed-competition with universal-coverage and strict-cost controls plan, and even if it works, most of his advisers believe that it won't start saving money until halfway into Jack Kemp's first term (1998); even then, it wont reduce health-care costs, just the rate of increase.

A Blue Christmas For Elvis 2008

By April, the next Congress must reauthorize funding for SCHIP, and lawmakers could expand the program by nearly double, especially if the financial crisis prevents or delays more ambitious universal-coverage plans.

Health Insurers Prime for New Business With Democratic Rule 2008

WASHINGTON -- The trade group for health insurers on Wednesday offered its own universal-coverage proposal that calls for Congress to slow the growth of health-care costs by 30% in five years, envisioning a total savings of more than $500 billion.

Insurers Group Proposes Universal Health Care 2008

Mr. Obama's universal-coverage proposal doesn't go that far.

Candidates Differ on Housing 2008