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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 | | | Clinton, Hilary Rodham, 35 | -171- | | |
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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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