Editorial Details ‘Essential’ Steps for Health Care Reform

Increasing the "ranks of primary care doctors," ... "developing treatment standards to guide doctors, clinics and hospitals" and encouraging "the use of information technology in tracking patient care" are "essential" to "providing coverage to all Americans" as part of reforming the U.S. health care system, an editorial argues.

• "Improve Care, Lower Costs" (Los Angeles Times, 7/13).