Health care: opposing viewpoints

Is America's health care system in need of reform?

America has the best health care system in the world / Joseph A. Califano Jr.

America does not have the best health care system in the world / Bureau of Labor Education at the University of Maine

The problem of uninsured Americans is serious / Lisa Climan and Adria Scharf

The problem of uninsured Americans is not serious / Tim Miller

Health care spending is a serious problem / Mick L. Diede and Richard Liliedahl

Health care spending is not a serious problem / Charles R. Morris

How has managed care affected the health care system?

Managed care has harmed the health care system / Edmund D. Pellegrino

Managed care has helped the health care system / Gregg Easterbrook

Managed care is necessary to control health care costs / Thomas W. Hazlett

Managed care is not necesssary to control health care costs / Larry Van Heerden

Most patients are satisfied with managed care / Karlyn Bowman

Most patients are not satisfied with managed care / Andrew Phillips

How can the problem of uninsured Americans be solved?

Universal health care is the best solution for uninsured Americans / Robert L. Ferrer

Universal health care is not the best solution for the uninsured / L. Dean Forman

Tax credits should be used to expand health insurance coverage / Jeff Lemieux

Tax credits should not be used to expand health insurance coverage / Tom Miller

An employer-based solution is the best answer for the uninsured / Harry M.J. Kraemer Jr.

Reforming health care financing is the best answer for the uninsured / Sara J. Singer

Medical savings accounts are the best answer for the uninsured / J. Patrick Rooney, interviewed by Jerry Geisel

How should the United States reform its health care system?

Medical IDs would improve the health care system / David Orentlicher

Medical IDs would not improve the health care system / Maggie Scarf

Patients should be allowed to sue their health plans / William B. Schwartz

Patients should not be allowed to sue their health plans / Richard A. Epstein

Physicians should be allowed to unionize / Glenn Flores

Physicians should not be allowed to unionize / Joshua M. Sharfstein

Medicare benefits should be expanded to cover prescription drugs / Patricia Barry

Medicare benefits should not be expanded to cover prescription drugs / Bruce Bartlett.