Today's health care debate replays earlier discussions
Tags: MEDICAL care -- United States; HEALTH insurance -- United States
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- Uneasy agents of health care rationing. Albertson, David // Employee Benefit News;May99, Vol. 13 Issue 6, p9
Editorial. Comments on the article `Government Does Indeed Ration Health Care,' by Richard Lamm. Arguments raised by Lamm; Health insurance status of United States people; Issue on the proposed patient-rights legislation.
- Experts propose ideas for smoothing the system. Lee, Karen; Blassingame, Kelley // Employee Benefit News;04/15/2001, Vol. 15 Issue 5, p26
Presents suggestions for improving the health care system in the United States. Clarity of health care coverage; Way to solve cost problems; Role of genetic research in improving the system.
- Purchasing health care and value. Bard, Mark R. // Workforce;Jan1998, Vol. 77, p92
Presents ways employers would be able to define and measure health plans in the United States. Definition of value in health care; Consideration of health plans' effectiveness; Availability; Cost of care; Customer satisfaction ratings; Health education and promotion; Provision of incentives to...
- The Health Care Malaise. Lachnit, Carroll // Workforce;Jul2002, Vol. 81 Issue 7, p10
Discusses the National Survey on Health Care sponsored by National Public Radio, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Kennedy School of Government at the Harvard University in the U.S. Views of employees on health insurance; Percentage of employees who have a harder time getting a good price...
- Now is the time. Petitte, Karen // Modern Physician;01/29/2001, Vol. 5 Issue 3, p22
Editorial. Emphasizes the need to develop a national dialogue on the growing number of people in the United States who lack health insurance. Actions taken by the Bush administration on health issues; Proposals of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians...
- Stepping up to a universal plate. Conn, Joseph // Modern Physician;Oct2002, Vol. 6 Issue 10, p11
Discusses the views of the Healthcare Leadership Council regarding the role of the private sector in helping solve problems related to health insurance coverage of uninsured people in the U.S. Background on the number of uninsured people in the country; Details of uninsured employees in the...
- Health Care Headlines. // PT: Magazine of Physical Therapy;Nov2002, Vol. 10 Issue 11, p9
Reports on the increase of people with and without health insurance in the U.S. Number of uninsured; Percentage of people with employment-based health insurance; Portion of uninsured children.
- HIPAA: Update on Rule Revisions and Compliance Requirements. Maddox, P.J. // MEDSURG Nursing;Feb2003, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p59
Reviews the status of the rules and requirements of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 that pertain to development of covered entity's compliance plans in the U.S., as of 2003. Scope and intent of HIPAA; Security requirements for personal health...
- Welfare reform, business attitudes jeopardize workers' health care. Cassil, Alwyn // AHA News;10/14/96, Vol. 32 Issue 41, p3
Reports on two new studies which show that new low-wage workers in the United States stand to lose access to health care as welfare reform moves them off Medicaid at a time when businesses are reconsidering their commitment to providing health insurance. Dismal picture of access and coverage...
- Washington Scans. // AHA News;11/02/98, Vol. 34 Issue 43, p3
Presents news briefs on medical care, health insurance and other related issues in the United States. Factor that will influence fraud investigations by the United States (US) Justice Department; Urgings of the American Hospital Association to US Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)...
