To determine what that system would look like, we need only look at what the overwhelming majority
of other industrialized western
democracies have done in order to, according to the 2000 World
Health Organization Report, make their systems far superior to our own in
terms of overall quality.
After all, in the search for effective strategies to secure the long -
term health and prosperity
of our
democracy, America's youngest children, keepers
of our common future, are an obvious place to start.