US/CANADA: Pressure for health reform heats up

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  • Private sector ascendant
  • Canadian concerns
  • Rationing
  • Access
  • Private sector
  • US health mess
  • Spiralling costs
  • Commoditised care
  • Common roots
  • Canada's current system
  • Legal framework
  • Suppressed private sector
  • Financing
  • Advantages and drawbacks
  • Present US system
  • Incremental reform
  • Employer-provided coverage
  • Government involvement
  • The uninsured
  • Common problems
  • US cost handicap
  • Key reform trends
  • US reform trends
  • Limited federal efforts
  • States expand access
  • Halting Canadian reforms
  • Right-wing leadership
  • Influential 'stakeholders'
  • Consumers
  • Private industry
  • Pharmaceutical industry
  • Care providers

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