Word: treatment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...least "fairly satisfied" with the quality of medical care they receive, 68% said they think traditional fee-for-service plans provide better health care than HMOs, and only 41% of those covered by managed care said they were "very confident" that their plan would pay for their treatment if they got really sick...
...doctors gave him a 20% chance to live and started an 11-month course of chemotherapy. Cerniglia's HMO paid the bills at first. But when things took a turn for the worse and doctors ordered a bone-marrow transplant, the health plan refused to cover it. The new treatment, the administrators said, wasn't a "medical necessity," nor was it on their list of covered therapies. Despite a letter from an expert at the National Institutes of Health testifying that this was Matthew's best chance at life, the HMO would not budge. Today Cerniglia, a computer technician...
...insurance agent assured her, cover all her child's pre-existing conditions, including the heart problem. But two months later, when doctors determined that Cassie did indeed need surgery, the HMO announced it had a two-year minimum on pre-existing conditions and would not pay for the treatment. The toddler eventually received the care she needed, thanks to a special state program for the indigent...
...regular job but can make $1,000 a week selling drugs? Or the ghetto dwellers who turn to drugs out of despair at ever being able to change their reality? Ad campaigns can be an effective part of an antidrug strategy, but law enforcement needs to be complemented by treatment programs and social programs to keep people off drugs." In other words, convincing America that drugs aren't cool may not be enough...
...experimental blood test that can distinguish between patients who have recently been infected with the AIDS virus--before the body has mounted a full antibody response--and those who have been HIV-positive for years. Why should anyone care? When you got infected can influence the kind of treatment you receive...