Why has health care become a major challenge to the U.S. economy and to economic policymakers?
The essay in the 2005 annual report summarizes the themes and consensus-based prescriptions for action that emerged from the Boston Fed's 50th economic conference, Wanting It All: The Challenge of Reforming the U.S. Health Care System, held in June 2005.
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Feature Essay: Reforming the U.S. Health Care System: Where There's A Will, There Could Be A Way by Jane S. Little and Teresa M. Foy
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