Current Events Concerning Clinical Freedom for Patients and Physicians:
94. "Mexico's Baja California Hoping for Federal Subsidy for Natural Gas".
93. "California's PG&E Goes National, Forming New Companies in Eastern United States".
92. "California's PG&E Bargains with Natural Gas Suppliers Sempra and Goldman Sachs".
90. "Clinton Administration Meets on California Power Crisis".
88. "California Governor Gray Davis Leads Electric Power Recovery".
87. "Sempra President, Chairman, and CEO Perspective on Restructuring of Gas and Electricity Exports".
86. "Export of Natural Gas from California to Mexico".
85. "California Investigates Power Companies' Finances".
84. "Export of Electric Power from California to Mexico".
83. "California Energy Officials Discontinue Price-Cap System, in a Surprise Move".
81. "FDA Says Daily Pill Can Prevent Flu".
80. "Emerging Viral Diseases".
79. "Causes of the Flu Vaccine Emergency".
77. "As More Women Seek Mammograms, Many Have to Wait Months".
76. "Social Security Showdown: The Raiding Continues".
75. "Health Economics" and Medical Needs.
74. "Republicans Unveil Medicare Funding Plan Details".
73. "Summers Urges Social Security, Medicare 'lockboxes'.
72. "Debating Detailed Plans for Hypothetical Money".
71. "Reckonings - Counting Chickens".
70. "Managed Care Companies Seek to Build on a Legal Victory".
69. "Politicians Play Shell Game with Medicare Beneficiaries".
68. "Elderly Drug Prices to Rise".
67. "HMOs To Drop 1 Million Elderly".
66. "Senate OK's Prescription Imports".
65. "Anthrax Vaccine Supplier Sought".
64. "Key Senate Republican Offers Drug Benefit Plan".
63. "House OKs Easing Drug Import Rules".
62. "Gore Opposes Drug Patent Extension".
61. "Gore Highlights Differences With Bush on Medicare".
60. "Clinton Continues Raid on the Medicare and Social Security Trust Funds".
59. "Gore Proposes Tapping Budget Surplus For Medicare Prescription-Drug Benefits".
58. "Gore's Plans for the Medicare and Social Security Trust Funds".
57. "Federal Appeals Court Supports Right of Injured Patient to Sue the HMO".
56. "Columbia/HCA To Pay $ 745 Million in Fraud Settlement".
55. "Bush and Gore on the Future of Social Security and Medicare".
54. "Social Security Trust Fund Used to Reduce National Debt".
53. "CDC Says Training Needed for Bioterrorism".
52. "Politics of Medicare Prescription-Drug Issue".
51. "Bankruptcies Ravage Health Care".
50. "Social Security, Medicare Trust Funds Look Even Better".
49. "Mail, e-mail, press and newsgroup postings on Clinical Freedom, 2000".
48. "Time for Clinical Freedom".
47. "Title XVIII of the Social Security Act: Table of Contents". (Medicare Legislation.)
46. "1998 OASI Trustees Report", (Social Security Trust Fund).
45. "U.S. Senator Boxer Confirms Social Security Trust Fund."
44. "Making Sense of the Post-Deficit Budgets".
43. "Budget Officials Revise Figures on Surpluses".
42. "Medical Board of California vs. Corporate Practice of Medicine".
41. "Immunity for HMOs Puts Patients at Risk," Letter to the Editors.
40. "Guide Describing Medicare Options Called Confusing".
39. "Documentation Guidelines for E&M Services", by HCFA (Medicare).
38. "Disruption in E&M Progress ? Splinter Group Acts to Litigate..."
37. Link to memo: "Opposing the E&M Guidelines", by Andrew Schlafly, Esq.
36. "Democrats Offer Managed Care Bill".
35. "Boxer Seeks Tax Breaks for Health Premium Costs".
34. "Regulators Stop Oxford Ex-Chairman's Severance".
33. Book Review: "Everything for Sale: The Virtues and Limits of Markets".
32. "Finding the Courage to Call for Basic Health Care for All".
31. "Legislation '98: From Patient Rights to Medicare Reform Fights".
30. "Breach of Fiduciary Duty: New Legal Approach for Plaintiffs".
29. "Private Contracting Heats Up". Right to Opt Out of Medicare at Issue.
28. "Study Aims to Quantify HMO Woes".
27. "San Francisco Doctors Rally Fighting Sales of Non-Profit Hospitals".
26. "Health Care for Patients - Not Corporate Profit: A Call to Action".
25. "A Call to Action ...". Activities for Care and Caring on December 2-3, 1997.
24. "Prepared Remarks of Dr. Herbert G. Rose" at VA Summit Meeting.
23. "VA's Uncertain Future: Changes 'Dilute' Care, Doctors' Group says".
22. "...And Restore Seniors' Freedom".
21. "Doctors Must Lead On Confidentiality".
20. "Clinton Seeks New Law to Curb Snooping Into Medical Records".
19. Complete Text of Title IV -- "Medicare, Medicaid and Children's Health Provisions to the Balanced Budget Act of 1997".
18. "Budget Deficit Falls 8.6% as Economy Expands".
17. Complete Text of H.R.1263, "Child
Health Insurance and Lower Deficit Act',
the House Version of Senate Bills S.525 and S.526 (Hatch-Kennedy Bills.)
16. Remarks by Senator Hatch at the Introduction of the Hatch-Kennedy Bills.
15. Complete Text of S.525 'Child
Health Insurance and Lower Deficit Act', the
Hatch-Kennedy Bill.
14. "Groups Endorse Hatch-Kennedy".
13. "Columbia/HCA Graded Its Hospitals on Severity of Their Medicare Cases".
12. "Efficiency Study Gives Support to Purchases By For-Profit Hospitals".
11. "Following Guidelines May Not Be The Answer".
10. "HMOs in Texas To Be Made Liable for Malpractice".
9. Letters to the Editor: "Corporate Profits vs. Patient Care".
8. "Consensus Advice on Mammograms".
7. "Clinton Names Panel on Health Care".
6. "Recommendations on Screening Mammography in Women Aged 40 to 49".
5. "HMOs Faulted on Medicare Appeals".
4. "Medicare Mastectomy Policy Set: Limits Forbidden on Hospital Stays".
3. "Clinton to Prohibit Use of 'Gag Clauses' By HMOs Treating Medicaid Patients".
2. "Congressional Budget Office Estimates Smaller Deficit Than Expected".
1. "Gephardt Cool to Clinton Plan".
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