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...battle for a place in managed-care systems has grown, the doctors have been joined by chiropractors, pharmacists, optometrists, therapists and other health providers who fear being left out. These groups have also found a sympathetic ear in Washington, where they argue that patients need "safety valves" in managed care that would permit them to choose their own providers. The most radical attempt to accomplish this is the any-willing-provider clause contained in the bill passed by Sam Gibbons' House Ways and Means Committee last month. This bill would force health plans to hire any and all doctors...
...served the poor and uninsured find that they must compete with managed-care plans. In New York State, about 275,000 Medicaid patients have joined HMOs during the past three years under a state program intended to save money by keeping them out of emergency rooms for toothaches and ear infections. In an effort to hold on to their patients, the public hospitals are waging marketing campaigns that include giving away hats and flashlights. In today's battle over patients, it has come down to this: hospitals seeking to build "brand awareness" among the poor...
...should always look back on our own past," he said, "with a sort of tender contempt." The past echoed in Potter's inner ear like an accordion rendition of Peg o' My Heart: trite, tinny, extraordinarily potent. But as his days dwindled, he attended, rapturously, to the present. "I'm almost serene," he said to Bragg. "I can celebrate life. Below my window there's an apple tree in blossom. It's white. And looking at it -- instead of saying, 'Oh, that's a nice blossom' -- now, looking at it through the window, I see the whitest, frothiest, blossomest blossom...
...into unillumined cottages with at most a single candle burning in the corner. By the end of the film, everyone in the audience is not only familiar with the nuances of pre-electric lighting but feel that they have experienced it first hand. The movie grates constantly on the ear as well. Coughing, pickaxes, water pouring and children's sobbing provide a constant drone which all else must surmount to be heard...
...About 25% of surgeries to implant tubes in children with chronic ear infections are undertaken too hastily, a new report says. The recommendation: more extensive antibiotic treatment...