ABSTRACT
Clearly, a new dimension must be added to the current debate about national health care. Although the President was coy about this issue, special interests did keep trying to sway Hillary Rodham Clinton and the committee she chaired. Like most undemocratic regimes, the present medical system is corrupt and inefficient. Key to democratization is that institutions are a collective undertaking or, as Englehardt states, the result of a “communal decision”. Democracy is impossible unless persons have the information necessary for institutions to function effectively. Many critics charge that there is no health care system in the United States. There is no doubt that political muscle will be required to produce an all-inclusive health care policy. During the late 1980s, Oregon faced many budgetary problems similar to other states. Contrary to some popular opinions, theory is connected to reality. Clearly, democratization has promise for providing what most citizens want—a responsive system of health care.
