Health Care Reform: An Introduction

April 14, 2009 Issued by the Congressional Research Service's Bob Lyke, this report provides an introduction to health care reform. It focuses on the three predominant concerns: coverage, cost and spending, and quality and some of the legislative issues within which they likely will be debated the scope of reform (particularly whether Medicare and Medicaid should be included); the choice between public and private coverage; whether employment-based insurance should be strengthened, weakened, or left alone; and what role states might play. The report does not attempt to identify, let alone discuss, all the relevant concerns about health care . . .