1. John McDonough () is senior adviser on national health reform to Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) through the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee. At the time this paper was written, he was executive director of Health Care For All in Boston, Massachusetts. Brian Rosman is director of research, Health Care For All; Mehreen Butt, director of government affairs; Lindsey Tucker, health reform policy manager; and Lisa Kaplan Howe, private insurance market policy manager.