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U S Census Bureau Unintended Pregnancies
1,507 wordsOn June 7, 1965, the U. S. Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, struck down state laws that had made the use of birth control by married couples illegal. The court's landmark decision - coming five years after oral contraceptives became available to American women and 49 years after Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the U. S. - legalized the use of birth control and paved the way for the nearly unanimous acceptance of contraception that now exists in this country. Th...
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Managed Care Organizations Managed Care Plans
1,405 words... s insured through her employer which administered United Healthcare as the utilization reviewing agency. Mrs. Corcoran was deemed to have a high-risk pregnancy because of her history with pregnancy-related problems. Taking this into careful consideration, her doctors recommended hospitalization so that the fetus could be monitored as the due date approached, and another obstetrician (who was used for a second opinion) concurred (Pollack). Despite her doctors request, United Healthcare insist...
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Percent Of The Time Bill Of Rights
870 wordsNew Yorkers may be covered by one of the nation's most comprehensive health consumer protection laws -- but insurers routinely flout it, according to a report released yesterday by New York City Public Advocate Mark Green. Posing as prospective clients, Green's investigators called 12 of the region's health maintenance organizations, including some of the largest on Long Island and in Queens, to get information about their complaint records, lists of covered prescription drugs and medical proced...
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Health Care Reform Health Care Providers
1,908 words... elderly and disabled Americans enter nursing homes and other institutions when they would prefer to remain at home. Families exhaust their savings trying to provide for disabled relatives. Many Americans in inner cities and rural areas do not have access to quality care, due to poor distribution of doctors, nurses, hospitals, clinics and support services. Public health services are not well integrated and coordinated with the personal care delivery system. Many serious health problems - such...
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Quid Pro Quo Act Of 1996
1,863 words... and medical data, employee behavior outside the workplace, and employees' financial disclosures as private -- but not information on employee performance or use of company equipment. (HR Focus, 2001) Much of the debate and concern over privacy center on several key areas (HR Focus, 2001): Technology/Internet privacy. Decide first whether employees have a right to privacy in their e-mail messages and Internet use. Most companies and legal precedents take the position that employees using thei...
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Health Care System Chronically Ill
1,256 wordsSummary and Reaction to Future Trends in chronic care Summary of Future Trends The topic we are examining is nowadays of great importance in a contemporary world. Although the number of patients with chronic conditions is constantly increasing, the health care system has yet to reach to the changes resulting in providing necessary services. The given chapter starts with background of the problem. Then it leads to its contemporary setting. It includes predicted development and forecasts. At the e...
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Managed Care Health Insurance
699 wordsEconomics and Healthcare Delivery Systems has a direct affect on society; because health, like any other good or service, is desired because it generates utility. The Health Production Theory explains the role of the making, or production, of health and its influence by a variety of factors, including the amount of medical care consumed. Also, there? s a direct relationship between healthcare economics and societies access to health insurance. Rising incomes mean more disposable income for healt...
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Health Care Managed Care
1,655 wordsENGHmo Regulation Mark Miller ENG 101 December 2, 2000 HMO Regulation Health Maintenance Organizations, or HMOs, are a very important part of the American health care system. They involve elements such as beneficial health care programs like Medicare for seniors and Medicaid for the poor. HMOs are sometimes referred to as managed care programs, which involves participation through clinics, physicians and insurance companies. Other essential parts of HMOs include prescription drug plans, such as ...
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Percent Of The Time Bill Of Rights
861 wordsNew Yorkers may be covered by one of the nations most comprehensive health consumer protection laws but insurers routinely flout it, according to a report released yesterday by New York City Public Advocate Mark Green. Posing as prospective clients, Greens investigators called 12 of the regions health maintenance organizations, including some of the largest on Long Island and in Queens, to get information about their complaint records, lists of covered prescription drugs and medical procedures, ...
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Managed Care Plans Fee For Service
1,410 wordsMany employees must designate a health plan through their employer. These days, as HMOs (health maintenance organizations) and managed care plans continue to proliferate, that means a choice between bad and worse. As employees line up in the lunch-room for a process called open enrollment, they may be surprised to learn that managed care rates have gone up? again. The mirage that managed care is cheaper care is finally fading. And, for the first time in years, employees may also have the promise...
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