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...resident at Boston City Hospital. More interested in treating a variety of wounds and ailments than in research or specialization, Palmer helped set up the Cincinnati Free Clinic while serving a two-year hitch with the U.S. Public Health Service. Eventually he would like to participate in a prepaid group practice in the inner city, though he realizes that financial obstacles may well force him to shelve his ambition and settle in the suburbs. "Nothing in this area is going to be ready for me by the time I have to make my decision in a year...
...encourage efficiency, the Nixon bill would set aside a fund of $23 million for grants to groups of doctors willing to establish prepaid health-maintenance organizations (HMOs) like the Kaiser-Permanente Health Plan, which operates in California, Oregon, Hawaii, Colorado and Ohio. Another $100 million would be allocated to help medical schools train more doctors. Total cost: $3 billion a year in new federal funds, $2 billion in lost tax revenues, about $6 billion from business and industry. The insurance companies, however, might not regard the bill as a bonanza. Though the industry's overall profits are high...
...Grants totaling $23 million, plus loan guarantees for buildings and working capital, would be made available to encourage formation of prepaid health-maintenance organizations like California's Kaiser Plan. Such groups, which provide broad medical and preventive health services for fixed annual fees, now cover 7,000,000 Americans. Some Administration officials believe that the plans can reduce by half the average number of days that patients spend in hospitals...
...plan is the first prepaid health care delivery program by a university for persons from a variety of income levels...
...Glenns flew wearily off to London, the contest editors announced that the winner was a house painter who got Glenn to sign a prepaid telegram and sent it on to the Bild-Zeitung. His prize: three glorious, fun-filled days visiting a German rocket institute...