] The Institute of Medicine on Wednesday recommended for
] the first time that the government provide universal
] health insurance, attempting to spark an election-year
] debate on a decades-old problem that keeps getting worse.
]
] The president and Congress should set 2010 as the
] deadline for providing coverage to all, according to the
] institute, part of the National Academy of Sciences, a
] private organization chartered by Congress to provide
] scientific advice to the government.