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The Moral Imperative for Health Care Reform

Adam S. Kaufman, BA; Oliver Fein, MD; Joseph J. Fins, MD

Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(13):1183-1184.

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In 1994, the year the Clinton plan for universal health care died in Congress, David E. Rogers, MD, passed away. Rogers, a former dean of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, and the founding president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), was an advocate for the poor, social justice, and expanding the benefits of health care to all Americans. Fifteen years later, the political will and the public demand for health care reform are reconverging, only this time without the inspiration and moral presence of Dr Rogers.

Figure appears in full text version. David E. Rogers, MD, 1994 edition of the Cornell University Medical College Samaritan yearbook. Photo by Morris Warman/Courtesy of Medical Center Archives of New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell.

Because David Rogers may be unknown to a younger generation, we write this commentary to bring his views to the current debate. Without . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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