Health insurance reform faces an uncertain road

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Health insurance reform works its way through the House and Senate, but it shall meet different obstacles along the way. The House's proposal is more comprehensive and controversial and focuses on the portability of health insurance to ensure that employees can obtain health insurance if they leave or lose their jobs. The House bill also includes provisions supported by the American Medical Assn, such as limiting malpractice awards and encouraging medical savings accounts. The Senate's proposal is a bare-bones effort in comparison.

Administration of Public Health Programs, Health Care Services, Medical care, Social policy, United States. Congress

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Clinton names health officials on transition team

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President-elect Bill Clinton has appointed Judith Feder, of Georgetown University's Center for Health Policy, and Atul Gawande, a student at Harvard Medical School, to head a team selecting candidates for federal government positions in the field of public health. Lynn Etheredge, formerly a budget officer, will serve as a consultant. Appointees named include head of budget subgroup Kenneth Thorpe, a University of North Carolina professor, and policy subgroup head Stuart Altman, a Brandeis University official.

Human resource management, Clinton, Bill

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Hillary Clinton heads reform team, to work 'day and night.' (health care reform)

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First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton has been appointed head of the Task Force on National Health Reform. Other members of the task force include cabinet members and top White House staff. Pres Clinton favors managed competition in a market-based system with limits on spending and employer purchase of health insurance for workers. Hillary Clinton, who presided over an Arkansas task force on rural medicine, is considered capable, but some physicians express dissatisfaction with her appointment.

Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Clinton, Hillary Rodham

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