Abstract:

In April 2003, Dr. Julio Frenk, the Minister of Health of Mexico, prepared for the debate on his health reform bill to begin in the Senate. Since becoming Minister of Health in President Vicente Fox’s administration in 2000, Dr. Frenk had worked tirelessly to build support for his vision of health reform and his goals of re-structuring the health care system in Mexico and providing universal access to care for 50 million uninsured in Mexico. The Senate debate on his bill was a rare political opportunity to fundamentally transform Mexico’s health system. Dr. Frenk had to figure out how to deal with the opposition to his reform and how to get his bill adopted by the Mexican Congress. 

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