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Congress must recognize that an important distinction existsbetween the place of employment as the convenient place to obtaininsurance and making tax relief to families contingent uponemployer sponsorship of their health insurance.
Back to the Drawing Board: Why Tax Reform is the Key to Health CareReform
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Senator John Kerry's health care plan would expand coverage butwould fall short in transforming health insurance markets andmaking patients the key decision makers in the system. In effect,it would reinforce the status quo, with (according to one estimate)nine of every 10 dollars spent going to employers, insurancecompanies, and state governments, not to individuals.
Today, nearly 44 million people will go without health insurance atsome point during the year; this number continues to grow at theastonishing rate of 100,000 each month.