Consumer access to health care: basic right 21st century challenge. (Colston E. Warne Lecture)

From: The Journal of Consumer Affairs | Date: December 22, 1992| Author: | Copyright information

Today, this country is confronting a crisis in health care of broad and critical dimensions. Dwarfing all others is the issue of the consumer's right to affordable quality comprehensive health care. This paper deals first with the dimension of the health care crisis confronting this country. It considers the major proposals for health care reform. Finally, it examines the role of the consumer movement and of American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI) in ensuring that the consumer's interest is protected in the current debate on how best to provide equitable and affordable health care to ...

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