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Term Paper Title	Interest Groups
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Interest Groups

     Since the beginning, the American government has been trying to make itself better.  From racial equality, to helmet laws, reforms are always being introduced to law.  Just recently major reform has been going on in the democracy we live in.  For reform that is big it takes support and help from many people, especially the interest groups and lobbyists. Major reform has been taking place in the health care industry and has to do with the president Clinton’s health care reform and the attempt to provide universal health care for all.  Evan though the presidents bill never happened, reform was put into motion.  Interest groups were started and ideas flowed.  These interest groups are one of the main reasons that many bills and reform laws pass or don’t pass.  These groups determine a lot of what happens and goes on in American politics.  So for a political leader to bring about major change or reform, they must be able to satisfy, utilize, and win the support of interest groups in American politics.
     Today health care is a major part of society and the economy.  Health care is an 800 billion-dollar a year industry and it is still growing rapidly.  With the industry growing so rapidly, why is the number of uninsured people growing as fast.  “By 1992 the number of uninsured had risen to 38.9 million, up 4.2 percent from 1989; and that was 17.4 percent of Americans under sixty-five.  Another 40million Americans were, moreover, underinsured, because their policies provided little protection in the event of serious illness."”  Pg. 25 Boomerang, Skocpol.  These results are just examples of the rise in and ever increasing rate of uninsured people.  With such an effect in society, health care is a major topic in politics, and is addressed frequently.  Health care is going in the wrong direction; it should be there for everyone.  With it being such a big industry, this many people should not be uninsured.  It is time to change what direction the industry is going in.
     The constitution of the United States was written so that change can and will occur.  Now with this in mind it means that if the basis for our country can go through and experience change then everything else has the capability.  Many things have been changed, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, etc, and more have been attempted but failed.  Heath care is something that needs to experience some change.  Every person in the world should have health care.  In European countries, th...

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