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NAS calls for socialized health care.(Insider Report)

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Claiming 18,000 people die every year because they lack health insurance, the Institute of Medicine issued a report on January 14 calling on the federal government to come up with universal health coverage by 2010. "The benefits of universal coverage would enrich all Americans ... in terms of improved health ... greater economic productivity, financial security or the stabilization of communities' health care systems," concluded the institute's 205 page report.

The Institute, a branch of the National Academy of Sciences, did not propose a specific method for achieving this goal but indicated that it leaned toward a government-funded national health program. "There is no justifiable excuse for delay," said Mary Sue Coleman, ...

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