ABSTRACT
Rumblings about the kind of health care reform that will result in a full-fledged, efficient national health care system have existed for decades. The institution of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 was one such attempt that did not completely suffice and whose cost now compounds the problem. However, the drive toward national health care still exists and has spawned new thinking and planning regarding just how American society will provide health care for its members (Becker, 1995).
