title: Commentary on the Clinton health care plan.
abstract: The best that can be said for the plan is that it provides a roadmap for dialogue, and the worst that can be said is that it is a prescription for disaster, states this article. The author's major concern is that the Clinton plan would take away from consumers choice and control over their own health care. He fears that patient health care decisions will be placed in the hands of government-appointed boards, employers, or regional health alliances. What we don't need, claims the author, is a plan that creates more bureaucracies, more paperwork, global budgets, and control over the use and development of drugs and technology.
authors.affiliation: American Healthcare Systems, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Trout
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003256:Community Participation; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States