State Legislation Respecting Medical Practice

Recent state legislation concerning prepayment medical care.

*Chief, Medical Economics Section, D i vision of Health and Disability Studies, Bureau of Research and Statistics. This article is based on addresses presented at a Conference on R u r a l Medical Care, Pur due University, August 1, 1946, and the National Conference on Cooperative Health Plans, Two Harbors, Minn., August 17, 1946. In this study of State legislation in the field of voluntary pre...

State Public Assistance Legislation, 1949

Since the end of the war the number of persons receiving aid under the State-Federal programs of public assistance has increased almost steadily and the cost of the programs has climbed. The increases, though partly the result of higher living costs, also reflect the greater public awareness of need and the consequent action by State legislatures to provide more adequately for needy persons. Ac...

Advocating for change in medical legislation.

Advocacy is becoming an increasingly important role for physicians, and there is extraordinary value to becoming effective advocates on behalf of our patients. Until recently, advocacy was not a formal part of medical school or residency curricula. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has published an extensive overview of advocacy for the pediatrician.1 This online guide breaks down legisl...

The Insidious Remnants of State Rules Respecting Capital Formation

Health care reform and competing visions of medical care: antitrust and state provider cooperation legislation.

This Article examines the competing visions of medical care represented by the professional paradigm and the market-based economic paradigm and considers the implications of those visions for the development of public policy. The first Part identifies the premises underlying the professional model and the influences that have bolstered each model. Notably, application of antitrust law to the he...