U.S. Health-Care Financing Administrator Gail R. Wilensky shares insights on health-care situation

Article Abstract:

Gail R. Wilensky is administrator of the federal agency that directs the Medicare and Medicaid programs, which benefit over 60 million Americans. In an address to the National Chiropractic Legislative Conference held in September 1991, Dr. Wilensky outlined her view of the future of health care delivery in the United States. She praised the leadership of the American Chiropractic Association for its commitment to improving the performance of the chiropractic profession. There is no single solution to the health care problem. The people and special interests will have to decide what parts of the current system they are willing to change and what parts are so important they must be maintained. We can learn from the health care systems in other countries, but they do not have the diversity (ethical, racial and historical) that we have here in America. There is great frustration because America does not know how to control the cost of health care. Our tax system encourages workers to take much of their compensation as tax-free health insurance. Health insurance shields people from the economic consequences of health decision making and we think that we can look to our health care system to undo any damage we do to our bodies. We also seem to believe that any new technology is good technology and we want it now. Additionally, we are an aging society, which will have an impact on health care costs. Setting prices or putting a cap on spending will not change the underlying forces that are driving up health care costs. The forces causing increased costs must change; groups such as health care providers and distributors must be willing to do some things differently to control health costs. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Officials and employees, Speeches, lectures and essays, United States. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, American Chiropractic Association, Wilensky, Gail R.

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Climber shares tale of life and death in Everest

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Lou Kasischke was a member of the Mount Everest climbing team wherein eight people died in the attempt to reach the summit. However, Kasischke decided not to continue due to frostbite and other health matters which could have endangered his life. According to Russell B. Rayman, MD, once someone is over 20,000 ft in altitude there is increased risk of death from hypoxia, which affects brain functioning and respiration.

Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions, Outdoor Recreation, Physiological aspects, Hypoxia, Anoxia, Mountaineering, Kasischke, Lou

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Analytic insights into the population level impact of imperfect prophylactic HIV vaccines

Article Abstract:

The impact of imperfect HIV vaccines and its implications at population level is presented using a mathematical model.

Analysis, AIDS vaccines, Clinical report

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