10 years beyond the Health Security Act failure

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Ten years after the failure of president Clinton's Health Security Act (HSA), the Unites States continues to face multiple stresses in health care. Neither incremental legislation nor private sector changes in health care organization, and financing during the past decade are ameliorating the problems addressed by the HSA, thus making ways for new troubles to emerge.

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Tragedy and torts: Bankrupting medicine not the answer

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The American Medical Association (AMA) President feels that even the most prestigious and accomplished institutions with most sophisticated technology and highly trained professionals and physicians are bound to make errors. He states that safety can be achieved only in an environment where errors could be openly identified and studied.

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Towards evidence-based policy making and standardized assessment of health policy reform

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The article suggests that policy decisions relevant to health care need to be viewed and examined from the important avenues of access and income besides others in a bid to prevent unintended and undetected health problems.

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