SUMMARY LIST OF HEALTH CARE ARTICLES: last updated 08/19/94 (please submit typos or other mistakes found to fierro@atria.com; electronic copies of articles can be mailed upon request if they are not available here) _________________________________________________________________________ FILENAME SOURCE AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION ___________ ________________________________________________________ Health.Quar Health Quarterly Report 5/20/92: Political history of U.S. health care reform- 1963-1992 CR.health1 Consumer Reports 7/92: First in a three-part series on health care analysis&reform ***(Due to copyright concerns, the actual text of this article does not reside on SunSite- mail to the author at the e-mail address above to obtain a copy) CR.health2 Consumer Reports 7/92: Specific articles and graphs from the same 7/92 issue on US health care- including waste, unnecessary treatments, malpractice, cardiovascular care, and expenditures ***(Due to copyright concerns, the actual text of this article does not reside on SunSite- mail to the author at the e-mail address above to obtain a copy) CR.sept92 Consumer Reports 9/92: The final in a three-part series on U.S. healthcare- analyzes the Canadian health care system, exposing some common myths and fallacies. ***(Due to copyright concerns, the actual text of this article does not reside on SunSite- mail to the author at the e-mail address above to obtain a copy) CR2.sept92 Consumer Reports 9/92: Real individual health care cases from the same 9/92 issue ***(Due to copyright concerns, the actual text of this article does not reside on SunSite- mail to the author at the e-mail address above to obtain a copy) CR3.sept92 Consumer Reports 9/92: An analysis on the health care models used in Hawaii, Minnesota, and a final wrap-up of the health-care series. ***(Due to copyright concerns, the actual text of this article does not reside on SunSite- mail to the author at the e-mail address above to obtain a copy) SJMN.Sep92 San Jose Mercury News 9/7/92: article predicting a rise of 40% in the number of uninsured Californians by the year 2000 by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. insur.crisis San Jose Mercury News 2/26/93 A study by the National Academy of Sciences stating that a lack of health insurance is responsible for the rise of several preventable diseases, and the gap is increasing between the haves and have-nots. insur.crisis2 USA TODAY 2/27/92 (net posting from FCUS/HEALTH) Study that indicates many people are under-insured as well as uninsured; children, senior citizens, and the poor are most likely to be underinsured. USNews.Nov92 US News and World Report 11/23/92: article on the challenges Clinton faces reforming the health care system, and case analyses from Ohio and Rochester, NY. ***(Due to copyright concerns, the actual text of this article does not reside on SunSite- mail to the author at the e-mail address above to obtain a copy) paperwork San Jose Mercury News 1/15/93 (Associated Press release) : How paperwork hinders the health care industry and what it is costing American taxpayers to support the current system used. paperwork2 Health Letter February 1991 (net posting from FCUS/HEALTH) Statistics of paperwork and overhead of the U.S. health care system as compared to single-payer systems TIME.Jan93 Time 1/18/93 article on the different models of health care reform President Clinton is analyzing. ***(Due to copyright concerns, the actual text of this article does not reside on SunSite- mail to the author at the e-mail address above to obtain a copy) CanadianStats several published references dispelling the myth that Canadians dislike their health care system and flock to US hospitals for treatment. Canada.costs New York Times (as published in the San Jose Mercury News) How Canada is dealing with their rising health care costs. WSJ.antiCanada Wall Street Journal 8/7/93 (net posting) Article that states the single-payer Canadian health-care system is a failure, that it is poised to self-destruct, there are long waiting lists for health care, lack of advanced technology, and doctors in Ontario are pessimestic about their future in Canada and many want to relocate to the US. Implies that health costs in Canada have resulted in a per-capita budget deficit twice that of the U.S. and also implies that canines have better access to CAT scans than humans. ***(Due to copyright concerns, the actual text of this article does not reside on SunSite- mail to the author at the e-mail address above to obtain a copy) Canada.fraud Gazette Quebec Bureau (net posting) How Quebec is trying to cut health care costs by instituting photo id healthcare cards to reduce fraud and to introduce copayments for eye and dental exams. drugs.Feb93 San Jose Mercury News 2/12/93 (Associated Press release) : President Clinton lashes out at the pharmaceutical industry. drugs2.Mar93 San Jose Mercury News 3/01/93: The Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association responds to Clinton's attack on the industry. drugs3.Feb93 San Jose Mercury News 2/26/93: A congressional report released by the Office of Technology Assessment shows profits from the pharmaceutical industry to be excessive and companies spend more money on marketing than research among other findings. drugs4.Apr93 New York Times 4/2/93 Drug company executives threaten to stop development of new vaccines if the Clinton administration goes ahead with their plan to purchase vaccines to immunize all children. drugs5.May93 New York Times 5/17/93 The Clinton administration backs off price limits for drugs in response to heavy lobbying from the pharmaceutical industry; will instead let the drug industry use voluntary restraints. drugs6.Sep93 New York Times 9/10/93 Clinton health plan to seek Medicare drug price control; hopes to win support of the elderly with such a plan. doctors.fees "A Study of Physicians' Fees" March 1978 Council on Wage and Price Stability Executive Office Of The President A government study of doctor's fees conducted by the executive office. fraudNabuse1 Various headline stories from ABC News and CNN on cases of fraud and abuse in the U.S. Healthcare system. fraudNabuse2 ABC News PrimeTime August 1991, June 1992 PrimeTime series on abuses practiced by the Humana health chain, which owns and operates hospitals, health care plans and health insurance companies nationwide. Included are price gouging, charges for services not performed, and a federal investigation revealing that $21 million in costs were improperly billed by Humana to Medicare for fiscal year 1990 alone. ***(Due to copyright concerns, the actual text of this article does not reside on SunSite- mail to the author at the e-mail address above to obtain a copy) fraudNabuse3 ABC News PrimeTime 2/11/93 PrimeTime story uncovering widespread fraud in the US health care industry: a six-month undercover investigation in Southern California reveals a corrupted underground economy that costs taxpayers billions of dollars each year. ***(Due to copyright concerns, the actual text of this article does not reside on SunSite- mail to the author at the e-mail address above to obtain a copy) FLA.health New York Times 4/4/93 Florida tries to overhaul its health-care system with a plan similar to what the Clinton administration is proposing. malpract.cost Cost analysis of what percentage the total US Health Care bill is due to malpractice insurance premiums and defensive medicine practices. lobbying.93 U.S. News and World Report 5/24/93 What special interests in the health care industry are paying influential politicians and lobbyists to have their concerns addressed. ***(Due to copyright concerns, the actual text of this article does not reside on SunSite- mail to the author at the e-mail address above to obtain a copy) lobbying2.93 U.S. News and World Report 5/24/93 Actual numbers and statistics processed from the Federal Election Commission disclosures. Includes the top 100 political recipients of special interest money, and the major influcences funding them. ***(Due to copyright concerns, the actual text of this article does not reside on SunSite- mail to the author at the e-mail address above to obtain a copy) lackOfCare.93++ U.S. News and World Report 9/20/93 PP30-34 Addressing the lack of health care in low-income areas (not typed in yet) costOfHealth++ U.S. News and World Report 6/7/93 PP56-58 Rising medical technology costs in the U.S. and how it is proliferating. (not typed in yet) USentitlements++U.S. News and World Report 6/7/93 P.61 Projected increases in entitlements and how they relate to health care (not typed in yet) UShealthStats++ San Jose Mercury News 9/19/93 study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on how U.S. health care stats compare to other industralized countries. costlyDrugs++ Consumer Reports 10/93 PP668-676 Analyzing prescription costs and alternate cheaper sources (not typed in yet) taxingBenefits++U.S. News and World Report 1/18/93 P.66 Pros and cons of taxing employer-paid health insurance (not typed in yet) elderyCare.93++ U.S. News and World Report 1/18/93 PP72-81 How the elderly are treated by U.S. health care (not typed in yet) hospitalBills++ Consumer Reports 11/93 PP736-737 Analyzing an inflated hospital bill that tacks on high or unnecessary charges. (not typed in yet) ++ = new articles that weren't available previously