Point/counterpoint: national health insurance.

In early November at the annual Board of Directors meeting of the Federation of American Health Systems, Chrysler Corporation's Walter B. Maher spoke for health care reform, stressing a need for a strong government solution. Humana Inc.'s George Atkins rose to the defense of the health care industry and countered Maher's ideas with his case for expansion of existing government programs coupled with a larger share of cost responsibility falling to employees.