New HIV disability rules no use to women - critics

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Critics charged that HIV-positive women and children face obstacles to qualifying for Social Security disability and supplemental income payments due to new eligibility rules. In a hearing held by two House Ways and Means subcommittees, critics asserted that the new functional ability tests included in the Social Security Administration's revised regulations of Dec 1992 discriminate against women and children in the same way as the regulations they replaced. Many HIV-positive women are fired before meeting the functional ability criteria, losing their income before becoming eligible for benefits.

Laws, regulations and rules, Disability evaluation, HIV patients, United States. Social Security Administration, Social security beneficiaries, Women patients

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Medicare mortality muddle

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Health care officials are divided over the usefulness of the Health Care Financing Administration's annual Medicare mortality rate report. The government is not so sure about the report's utility either, despite expanding it year after year. Sidney Wolfe, director of Public Citizen Health Research Group, defends the report, claiming that it puts pressure on hospitals to institute quality control measures. Critics caution against using such a narrow index to judge a hospital's performance, pointing out that more patients live than die.

Reports, Mortality, Hospitals, Statistics, Medicare, United States. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

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Doctors rush aid to storm-battered Florida

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The Broward County Medical Assn wasted no time establishing an emergency medical clinic and soliciting help from volunteers after South Florida was devastated by Hurricane Andrew. So many people volunteered that the association was able to set up an evening clinic a week later. Volunteers made it possible to man several medical vans, which were used to service hurricane victims in remote rural areas. Common medical problems in the hurricane's aftermath included lacerations, puncture wounds, dehydration, diarrhea and heat stroke.

Individual and family services, Health aspects, Management, Disaster hospitals, Hurricane Andrew, 1992

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