A NEW DEBATE OVER HEALTH CARE FOR ALL

摘要

For years, the debate over how to solve the health-care crisis has been frozen by an implacable standoff between Democrats and Republicans. Many Dems favored a government-run system, called single-payer because Washington would fund it. The GOP has rejected that approach as too bureaucratic and pushed for an alternative that would give individuals tax credits and other subsidies to buy their own insurance.