Word: doctorate
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...These good tidings were somewhat marred by word from Milan that Publisher Gian-giacomo Feltrinelli had forbidden the publication of Doctor Zhivago in Czechoslovakia on the grounds that he did not want the book, which has always been proscribed in Russia, to be used "as an instrument of anti-Soviet policy." Feltrinelli, who holds the copyright on the novel, has made a fortune selling Doctor Zhivago's book and movie rights around the world...
...will be forced to switch to Harvard coverage; people on Medicaid will be allowed to choose which plan they want to join. Those who are able to get into the health plan will get virtually all their care for free. There may still be a $1 charge for doctor visits, but many of the gaping holes in Medicaid coverage will be filled...
...Health's Plan's coverage will be far more complete than average insurance plans; the Health Plan will include doctor visits (at $1 apiece), complete hospital care (virtually free), and many other services. Few insurance plans come near that, but insurance rates are still high. Pollack admits that the Health Plan's fee might be slightly higher than current plans like Blue cross, but he adds an explanation of how each new element of his plan will save money...
...group practice. Ten years ago, a subcommittee of the AMA denounced the trend towards creeping groupism as a danger as great as "socialized medicine." But the group mode has won reputability since then; and more important, it has shown in practice that it is far more efficient than single-doctor treatment...
Medical statisticians have run studies comparing group practice plans with normal family doctor care. What they've found is that patients who use institutionalized groups practice facilities -- like California's private Kaiser Plan clinics--spend much less money on health care than do patients of single physicians. The saving may come because each doctor can see more patients; or it may be because the cluster of specialists make preventive medicine more effective. But clear. Each medical care dollar goes farther when spent in group-practice clinics...