ADVANCING TOWARD UNIVERSAL COVERAGE.

HEALTH insurance; MEDICAL care; HEALTH policy; STATE governments; HEALTH insurance finance; CHILD care services; MEDICAID

Explores the alternative strategies for achieving universal insurance coverage and examines previous federal and state initiatives concerning the health care system of the U.S. Reason for the inability of the U.S. to achieve universal health insurance coverage; Role of state governments in the federalist strategy toward universal coverage; Advantages and limitations of the pincer strategy towards universal coverage which emphasizes the expansion of the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program.