Sen. Kennedy's office begins meetings to discuss national universal healthcare.

The Boston Globe reports that "Sen. Edward Kennedy's (D-Mass.) office [began] convening a series of meetings involving a wide array of healthcare specialists to [start] laying the groundwork for a new attempt to provide universal healthcare, according to participants. Comment: We can only hope that he learns from the Massachusetts experience and is advised how complex the system is. Just trying to provide financial access will only make the system worse, unless it is restructured on a primary care/prevention base. One stumbling block is that too many interest groups will be focused on ensuring their specialty is not diminished.