title: The evolving changes in healthcare reform. Keynote speech given at the 1994 National Academy of the Intravenous Nurses Society in Atlanta, Georgia.
abstract: This article explores three major health reform questions: (1) Why do we need to reform a system that provides cutting-edge healthcare? (2) What are the consequences of inaction? (3) Why is it so difficult to carry out a reform that has the support of most Americans? Based on the answers to these three questions, the article offers a two-prong reform alternative. First, seek a national consensus on why we disagree on healthcare. Second, let the states experiment with several promising and competing reform plans before committing to a national level reform.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000451:nursing; D011639:Public Opinion; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D014481:United States