VOL. 14, NO. 1
Departments
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Legal Matters
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Matter of Life and Death
Life insurance is one of the most significant assets you will ever own. Here’s what you need to know about how much to buy and choosing and purchasing these policies.
Life insurance is one of the most significant assets you will ever own. Here’s what you need to know about how much to buy and choosing and purchasing these policies.
By John Allevato
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Policy Points
at Last…With Much More
The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 affects not only prescription drugs for seniors, but payments to physicians, other reimbursements, electronic prescriptions, and utilization of HMOs. By Jeff Atkinson
The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 affects not only prescription drugs for seniors, but payments to physicians, other reimbursements, electronic prescriptions, and utilization of HMOs. By Jeff Atkinson
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Community Profile
California
Enclave Think you wouldn't be caught dead near
California’s tangled health-care scene? Give Sacramento a
shot. Physicians find the city’s atmosphere distinctive
and attractive. And growth is creating opportunities for a
great many doctors. By Julie Sturgeon
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Remarks
OR A COMMODITY?
Like it or not, health care has become a right for citizens of this country, argues one physician. If we accept this fact, she believes we can get down to the business of allocating the health-care resources we have fairly. By Donna R. Coffman, MD
Like it or not, health care has become a right for citizens of this country, argues one physician. If we accept this fact, she believes we can get down to the business of allocating the health-care resources we have fairly. By Donna R. Coffman, MD
Providing medical care to illegal
immigrants is a multi-billion dollar problem in the United
States. Welfare reform laws have forced aliens to use costly
emergency rooms, and politics have stalled potential solutions.
What can be done to care for immigrants without bankrupting our
system? by John Zicconi
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Dave David, MD
Photo by Jim Spirakis
