Health care reform in Vermont: the next chapter.

نویسنده

  • H M Leichter
چکیده

It seemed inconceivable that Vermont would not enact comprehensive health care reform in 1994. Two years earlier the Vermont legislature had created the Vermont Health Care Authority to prepare the groundwork for major reform. Yet the 1994 Vermont General Assembly could not reach agreement on legislation. What went wrong? Some on the political left and right say that the legislature stopped "bad" legislation. The Vermont story reveals the failure of reformers to convince interest groups and ordinary citizens about the capacity of government to reform the health system.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Health affairs

دوره 13 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1994