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Providing Universal and Affordable Health Care (1989) / Chapter Skim
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Response to Scott M. Matheson
Pages 28-29

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... Jones Stan Jones in his verbal remarks spoke to the issue of health care as a right and Governor Matheson's observation that the federal government at this time was "incapacitated" to play the required key role in this area given the fiscal crisis and a general lack of leadership in shaping a national social agenda. He observed that people in our society today feel less confident about the future than in years past and seem less inclined to look out for their brethren.
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... Governor Matheson linked the need to expand access with a need to spend existing health care dollars more judiciously. But how do we develop the political power base to reallocate our existing resources more appropriately and effectively?
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