Benefits quarterly
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The California Health Security Act is likely to appear on the November 1994 ballot. The bill would provide universal coverage to California residents and assign the state as the single payer for all medical care provided, financed with funding for programs already in place, employer payroll taxes, individual income taxes and taxes on tobacco products.
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The impact of a government-run program on our current health care system is not well understood by most Americans. Californians could be in for many unpleasant surprises should the single payer ballot initiative pass this November. The author examines how a single payer program attempts to meet the goals of health care reform and why it fails in many important aspects.
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The author describes a method of setting reimbursement levels that--especially when combined with a physician negotiation program--may be the most effective cost-control mechanism of any with its level of simplicity.
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Review Comparative Study
Medical benefit costs in Canadian workers' compensation programs: a comparative perspective.
Increases in medical benefit costs in the workers' compensation programs of Canada and the United States bear some relationship to the institutional environment of health care and workers' compensation in the two countries.
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Florida, which this year passed a sweeping health reform measure, is considering use of a Medicaid expansion option to revamp health care delivery for its children.