What happens when ideology, partisanship, and raw campaign considerations intersect on health policy?  What were the lessons of the 1992 campaign, and how did it help produce the failed Clinton initiative of 1994 as well as the ripple effects in the years that followed?  How is the health issue currently bubbling in the 2004 election?  How will the approach of the 2004 election affect the ongoing efforts to produce a Medicare overhaul that provides prescription drug benefits to the elderly?  And finally, what is the role of the media throughout?
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