Houston Chronicle - Med Center CEOs Examine Health Care Reform
Examines both the failure and the promise of the U.S. health care system in Houston. Almost one-third of the residents have no insurance, the highest percentage for any major city in the country, yet it's also home to the Texas Medical Center, a world-renowned grouping of medical institutions - trauma centers, research hospitals, educational facilities - that offer everything from pioneering treatment to grass roots preventive care. How to address the failure without undermining the promise?