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Word: offere (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...problem of poor people, Pollack says, is that they are "under-utilizers of maintenance and prevention, and over-utilizers of emergency treatment." By luring needy patients in for more prevention--and by using the health plan's emphasis on out-patient treatment -- the Harvard center in Mission Hill will offer the poor a kind of medical assistance much different from the mere doles that Medicaid and Medicare pass...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: If Medicare Fails, What Will Replace It? | 3/18/1969 | See Source »

...attempt to soothe the medical crisis has now involved it in a task more typical of the Business School. Led by Robert Ebert, dean of the school, and Jerome Pollack, an experienced medical administrator from New York, the Med School planners are working on a scheme that may offer American medicine a way out of its current welter of ills...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: American Medicine Heading for Collapse. . . | 3/17/1969 | See Source »

...first glance, the plan that Pollack and his Community Planning staff offer does not seem too revolutionary. It is called the Harvard Community Health Plan, and in essence it is just another kind of insurance system. People pay money into the plan; in return, they have their medical expenses covered...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: American Medicine Heading for Collapse. . . | 3/17/1969 | See Source »

...cumulative effect of all these changes may not be instantly clear to the layman. But it certainly is clear to Pollack, who is now in charge of deploying the plan in Boston. Citing an impressive set of figures, Pollack is able to show how the health plan can offer better medical service at a lower total price...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: American Medicine Heading for Collapse. . . | 3/17/1969 | See Source »

...found that he tensed at the mention of his daughter, not she. "One picture is good enough for me, your see. So I guess I'm really not doing it for myself. I'm trying to communicate my sense of the whole, because I think it would offer solutions to many problems in the world see. Everything feels peaceful at times, and yet still functional. Why can't it be like that all the time I ask myself." Her pulse was slow and sleepy against his shoulder. Scott and Mirna walked in with some drinks. Scott introduced Mirna to Mildred...

Author: By William L. Ripley, | Title: Choosing Fruit | 3/17/1969 | See Source »

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