Rising voices: how editorial writers looked at health care.

With attention turning to the nation's domestic problems and the 1992 presidential election coming up, the last quarter of 1991 saw a marked increase in the number of editorials and opinion pieces devoted to health care topics. Many newspapers and magazines targeted the broader--and thornier--issue of national health care reform, but narrower and no less critical issues also received play, including Medicaid underpayment, emergency department overcrowding and HIV testing for health care workers.