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Index
Abortion, 54 - 55
Accreditation, 136
Advance directives. SeeLiving wills
Advantages of managed care, 116 - 119
Advisory Commission on Consumer
Protection and Quality in the Health
Care Industry, 39, 115
Advisory Council of the Ministry of Health, 105
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
(AHCPR), 47, 61, 118, 133 - 134, 137
Aid to Families with Dependent Children
(AFDC), 86
Alzheimers Association, 49
Amenities of care, 145, 154
American Association of Health Plans
(AAHP), 110, 124
American Association of Retired Persons
(AARP), 52, 155
American Cancer Society, 52, 132
American College of Nursing Midwives, 37
American College of Physicians, 52, 67 - 68
American Dental Association, 52
American Diabetes Association, 48
American Health Care Association, 50
American Heart Association, 48 - 49
American Hospital Association (AHA), 20, 49,
66
American Legion, 47
American Medical Association (AMA), 25, 49,
78, 156 - 157
American Medical Political Action Committee
(AMPAC), 52
American Nurses Association, 50, 63
American Urological Society, 52
Angioplasties, 132
Antibiotics, 143
Armed forces. SeeMilitary health services
Armey, Dick, 116
Balance billing, 93
Balanced Budget Act (BBA), 29, 38, 65, 75, 80,
158
Benchmarks of Fairness for Health Care Reform
(Daniels), 14
Benefits. SeeStandard benefits
Beveridge Report, 99
Birth procedures, 5, 21, 132, 136, 137, 146
Bismarck, Chancellor, 20, 103
Blair, Tony, 100 - 101
Blue Cross, 20, 21, 50
Blue Shield, 20, 50, 52
Boston, 133
Brandeis, Louis, 92
Breast cancer research, 132, 140
Britain. See United Kingdom
British Medical Association, 99
British North America Act, 92
Broder, David S., 51
Budgets. SeeCosts
Bush, George, 35, 134
California, 7, 24, 113, 116, 124, 133, 137,
144 - 145
Callahan, Daniel, 16
Canada, 69, 91 - 96, 97 - 98, 153 - 154, 157
Canada Health Act, 94, 96
Canadian Medical Association (CMA), 93, 95
Capitalism, 3 - 4
Capitation, 21, 22, 29, 110, 113, 130
Catholic Health Association, 49
CAT scans, 135
Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 4, 47
Cesarean birth procedures, 132, 136
Charitable foundations, 49
"Cherry picking," 120
Chicago Hope, 19
Children, 10. See alsoMedicaid
and employer-paid health care, 7 - 8, 67 - 68
Children's Health Insurance Program, 38
Churchill, Larry R., 15 - 16
Clinton, Bill, 5, 13, 29, 115 - 116, 149, 158
Health Security Plan, 5, 28, 33 - 40, 46, 50,
149, 152 - 153, 160
Clinton, Hilary Rodham, 35

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Accidental System: Health Care Policy in America. Contributors: Michael D. Reagan - author. Publisher: Westview Press. Place of Publication: Boulder, CO. Publication Year: 1999. Page Number: 171.
    
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