Article: What's the cure? Is there a remedy for jumps in health-care costs? Will we see defined-contribution plans? (Health Plans).(various health care plan costs outlined)(Statistical Data Included)

Article: Crisis in health care: 41 million have none. .(Health Beat United States)(Cover Story)
National Catholic Reporter;  May 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ...The United States has two health care crises--plus the freest medicine...ethical issue. The second U.S. health care crisis threatens those who do have...group are Americans with private-health care insurance. They, and their employers...

Article: Is health care a right or a privilege? (Health Policy).
Physician Executive;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...THE BIGHT TO BASIC HEALTH CARE IS AFFORDED TO EVERY CITIZEN OF TILE UNITED...the Constitution. As a matter of fact, health care is not a right afforded to every citizen in our country. Health care is a privilege attainable by the wealthy...

Article: Health care a safe haven now, but for how long?
AP Online;  February 5, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Investors who sought refuge in health care have reason to feel less queasy than...no industry has been recession-proof. Health care stocks posted the second-smallest loss...out how much safe-harbor staying power health care has left 14 months into this recession...

Article: Is a modest health care system possible?(80% Less Energy)(Critical essay)
Synthesis/Regeneration;  September 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The health care system in the US is generally regarded...activists as over-scaled and inefficient. Health care consumes nearly 15% of the US GDP...population. Moreover, the provision of health care services has a relatively small effect...

Article: Health care reform: what happened this year, what will happen next year.
Management Quarterly;  September 22, 1994 ;     700+ words ...The health care reform debate will continue when the...January. This article will examine why health care will continue to be a Congressional...America, and details NRECA's role in the health care reform debate. What happened to health...

Article: Feds put brakes on fast-growing home health care. (investigation of Medicare fraud)(Health Care Special Report: House Calls)(Industry Overview)
Los Angeles Business Journal;  November 10, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Home health care, once the province of small, community-bas...year - and one that is dominated by health care giants and hospitals. Driven by cost-conscio...home care is now an integral part of health care for millions of Americans, especially...

Article: For hospitals, home is where health care savings are. (Special Report on Health Care)
San Diego Business Journal;  April 8, 1991 ;     700+ words ...For hospitals, home is where health care savings are Hospitals and health maintenance organizations...way of curbing costs and improving the quality of health care. A decade ago, home health care might have meant a visit from a nurse or other...

Article: Health Care Systems
U*X*L Complete Health Resource;      700+ words ...Health Care Systems The issue of health care and health care reform is a topic of growing debate in the United States. Health care touches everyone. There are families who worry about their children and aging relatives; employers who must provide...

Article: The ethical foundations of health care reform. (includes related article on faith groups and health care) (Cover Story)
The Christian Century;  June 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ...Our health care system contains much of which we should...must preserve its virtues. Yet our health care system is seriously flawed. It fails...population (about 40 million people) from health care insurance; it leaves another one-seventh...

Article: U.S. health care in conflict -- Part I: the challenges of balancing cost, quality and access. (Policy).
Physician Executive;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...The United States health care system is a product of our unique...costs while enhancing quality. Their health care systems reflect a unique approach...nations operate under the construct of health care as a social good, which underlies...

Article: Health Care in Transition.(Brief Article)
Arkansas Business;  June 4, 2001 ;     700+ words ...HEALTH CARE IS AMONG THE most complex, highly regulated industries in the country. Today's health care leaders exercise limited control over...programs paying mere cents on the dollar, health care leaders face staggering uncollectable...

Article: Health care resource prioritization and rationing: why is it so difficult?
Social Research;  March 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...THE PRIORITIZATION OF HEALTH CARE RESOURCES AND RATIONING IS A paradigm...idea of prioritizing and rationing health care resources so troubling and controversial...ambivalent and inconsistent about health care rationing. On the one hand many...

Article: Universal health care in Massachusetts: setting the standard for national reform.
Fordham Urban Law Journal;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...I. INTRODUCTION Health care reform in the United States has proven to be...steadily worsen. The extent of the national health care crisis is reflected in the fact that although health care annually consumes some sixteen percent of the...

Article: Diagnosing the health care industry. (Business Diagnosis)
Los Angeles Business Journal;  June 27, 1994 ;     700+ words ...Ask your friends about their health care plans and you will be barraged with...factors should one consider when reviewing health care options? What are the features of HCOs...confusion may easily intimidate buyers of health care contracts and consumers of medical services...