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Article: 1990 FINDS U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AT CROSSROADS
- Article from:
- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- February 17, 1990
- Author:
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The American health care system is at a crossroads.
Health care in the 1990s, while possessing tremendous potential
for improvement, must address some critical issues which will
ultimately require modifications in the system. Health care costs
are yet to be controlled, and the American business sector is
struggling with how it will pay for health care services for its
employees.
The other end of the spectrum displays large groups of people in
this country who work but have no health insurance. Additionally,
care for the indigent and the elderly is still an issue as the
government continues to decrease reimbursement for Medicare and
Medicaid patients.
The result:
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