With health care emerging as a major issue in the 2008 presidential race, NEWSWEEK asked seven Harvard experts to identify specific problems that ought to be addressed, and the steps that should be taken to solve them. The in-depth response to this survey is available on the website and outlines the following topics:
1:Ensure That Every American Has Health Insurance
2:Eliminate Racial Disparities
3:Fix the Medicare Drug Benefit
4:Use Quality-of-Care Report Cards
5:Wire American Medicine
6:Make Sure New Treatments Are Properly Studied
7:Curb Drug Spending Without Hurting Drug Development