Word: physicians
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...With a physician's referral, UHS provides $275 toward funding the procedure. According to the Feminist Health Center, an advocacy organization for women, first trimester abortions usually cost between $400 and $600, and second trimester abortions cost between $500 and $5,000. Students are expected to pay the difference between UHS's subsidy and the actual cost of the abortion, UHS officials...
Kanawhana Solutions, the company thatadministrates the Metlife Insurance Company,offers health care plans for individuals thatprovide women with abortions, if the procedure isrecommended by a physician. Employers oruniversities that offer group plans decide theirabortion policies independently...
...Clemente, last season's runaway Ivy League Rookie of the Year, aggravated pre-existing weakness in his left ankle with several sprains over the summer. When the ankle did not respond to attempts by the Harvard training staff to treat and rehabilite it, Clemente, Coach Frank Sullivan and team physician Dr. Arthur Boland made the decision to do reconstructive surgery...
Other factors cited in the AAMC press releaseinclude the perceived impact of managed care andthe loss of physician autonomy, as well as thecontinued impact of affirmative action rollbacks
...care and lung specialist in a small community-based hospital, I am frequently confounded by the decisions made by faceless HMO administrators who tell me how to take care of a person they have never seen. The most important "contract" in medicine is, and always will be, between the physician and the patient and his or her family. Until Congress completes the work of protecting patients' rights, health care will continue to take second place to the financial health of the insurers and HMOs. GARY R. SCHAFER, M.D. Rutherfordton...