HEALTH-CARE REFORM IN THE 103D CONGRESS - A CONGRESSIONAL ANALYSIS

The reasons for Congress's failure to pass health care reform legislat ion are unclear to much of the American public. In this Essay, Mr. Sha h and Ms. Rosenberg argue that the conflicting objectives of President Clinton's plan divided liberal Democrats from both moderate Democrats and moderate Republicans. The authors conclude that this factiousness enabled conservative Republicans to capture the health care debate.