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Toward better balance

1994 ◽  
Vol 81 (5) ◽  
pp. 651-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian T. Hoff
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Health Care ◽  
Health Care Reform ◽  
American Association ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Scientific Organization ◽  
Economic Uncertainty ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fine Print

✓ The AANS was founded in 1931 as an educational and scientific organization whose principal purpose was to foster optimum neurosurgical care. Because socioeconomic and political pressures on medicine generally and neurosurgery specifically have escalated in recent years, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) has been required to respond effectively to matters beyond its traditional role. However, the AANS has lacked an effective, focused policymaking process to deal with socioeconomic concerns despite existing expertise within the specialty. The AANS now needs to develop a comprehensive socioeconomic effort that is consistent with its more traditional educational and scientific activities. A Task Force on Governance has been appointed to address how the Association's governance structure can reflect all the needs of our specialty in times of economic uncertainty and health care reform.

The Politics of Health Care Reform in the United States, 1992–1994: A Historical Review

1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente Navarro
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Reform ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
The United States ◽  
White House ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Democratic Administration

In an analysis of the sociopolitical context of the debate on health care reform in the United States, the author focuses on the political events that led to the election of a Democratic administration in 1992; the evolution of the White House task force on health care reform and the interests and positions it represented; the connection between economic and political power in the United States; and the reasons for the defeat of the health care reform proposal. This historical analysis questions some of the dominant interpretations of the failure to reform health care, which assume that the U.S. population was not yet ready for these reforms.

Well-Healed: Inside Lobbying for Health Care Reform, Part I

1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Benes
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Reform ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Policy Issue ◽  
Special Interests ◽  
Public Policy Issue ◽  
History Of ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Legislative Initiative ◽  
The U.S

The Center for Public Integrity conducted a year-long investigation of the decision-making processes of the U.S. government during its work on health care reform. The results suggest that health care reform has become the most heavily lobbied legislative initiative in recent U.S. history. In 1993 and 1994, hundreds of special interests spent over $100 million to influence the outcome of this public policy issue. In Part I, following a summary of the study and an introduction explaining the methodology, the authors provide a brief history of other health care reform efforts attempted in this century and examine the evolution of the Clinton plan, from its inception through the task force process to its release.

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