Stephen Shortell in the September 16th issue of JAMA states: "If health care reform is to succeed this year, compromise isgreatly needed to reach agreement on how to cover the increasedcost of expanding health insurance for all US citizens." "Taxingalcohol, tobacco, and related products; taxing high-income individualsand families; and capping the tax credit on employer-sponsoredinsurance and related revenue-generating proposals will, evenif enacted, be insufficient to cover the estimated $1 tril