...Saphronia Carson; Shannon K. Carter Abstract During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, 12 states banned or restricted abortion access under elective-procedure restrictions. The rationale was preserving hospital capacity and personal protective equipment (PPE); however, abortions commonly...

...Paul J. Feldstein; Glenn Melnick This paper analyzes Congressional voting behavior on the Gephardt Amendment to President Carter's hospital cost containment legislation. The impact of opposing interest groups is examined: on one side were hospital and medical interest groups; on the other...

... signs, such as the renewed commitment of the Carter Administration and Congress to the development of HMOs and the active interest of the Federal Trade Commission in health care, that future policy may minimize conflict between regulation and competition. Copyright © 1978 by the Department of Health...

...Drew Altman This paper examines the political and bureaucratic dynamics of health regulation under the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act and, to a lesser extent, the Carter Cost Proposal now before Congress. A number of underlying issues that affect the day-to-day exercise...

...Troyen A. Brennan; Robert F. Carter How to evaluate and apply probabilistic scientific evidence that cancer (or other diseases) have been caused by chemical substances (or other environmental agents) constitutes a critical problem which must be addressed by legal institutions. This article analyzes...

...John K. Iglehart Copyright © 1981 by the Dept. of Health Administration, Duke University 1981 Washington Report Federal Directions in Health Care Policy John K. Iglehart Jimmy Carter, in a stroke that left him at odds with the most powerful...

... administrations in both eras. Clearly, President Carter inherited a badly abused presidency and a Congress unaccus- tomed, for more than a decade, to follow presidential leadership. For his part, the president has not, 18 months into his term of office, come to grips with this challenge...

... of national health policymaking under the Carter Administration were "characterized by a breakdown in orderly processes and established bureaucratic routines." What appeared as an incipient trend, then, has settled into an established routine. The Carter Administration has undertaken a serious...

...Joseph L. Falkson Copyright © 1979 by the Dept. of Health Administration, Duke University 1979 Washington Report National Health Policy at Mid-Term Joseph L. Falkson President Carter's recent mid-term massacre of various and sundry cabinet secretaries offers...

...Joseph L. Falkson Copyright © 1977 by the Dept. of Health Administration, Duke University 1977 Washington Report Activism, Analysis, and Health Policy Joseph L. Falkson The Carter Administration has been receiving substantial cri- ticism...

... hold for nation- al health policy. During the summer of 1978, Senator Kennedy used differences with President Carter over the scope and timing of a national health insurance program as an opportunity to begin posi- tioning himself for a run at the 1980 presidential nomination...

... consultation with the White House. Califano in part justifies this approach on grounds that he wished to save the president from taking the heat for a controversial choice. Of greater interest, he asserts that Carter’s per- sonal views were not relevant to the comprehension of congressional intent...

...) of the mental health care delivery system, two former high-ranking Carter Administration bureaucrats have given us an attempted vindication of the efforts of that president (and his wife) to substantially expand and reform the role of the government in ensuring the provision of mental health...

... it -health mainte- nance organizations and hospital rate setting. President Jimmy Carter’s call for a nationwide cap on hospital revenue increases in 1977 was greeted with little enthusiasm, however, and a modified version of the plan was firmly rejected by Congress in November 1979...

... not have one, and yet spend over $139 billion annually on health care ($40 billion of this is spent by the federal government) presents a major challenge to the Carter Administration. For the past eight years, the health sector of our economy has lacked the vigorous leadership that can only...

...: Congressional Quarterly Inc. Iglehart , John K. 1978a . And Now, National Health Insurance. National Journal 6 May: 725 . Iglehart , John K. 1978b . Health Report: NHI, Carter's Conflicting Promises. National Journal 6 May. Iglehart , John K. 1977 . Health Report: The Hill Turns...

... with you now. Its purpose was to assess options for the future federal role in HMO development. The Carter Administration called for this assessment after deciding to feature HMOs as a centerpiece of their national health policies and after finding the federal HMO...

... has maintained its position of leaving the business of compensation to the courts. For instance, in 1979 under the direction of President Carter, Congress enacted PL 96-5 10 which created a “superfund“ to clean up toxic contaminants spilled or dumped into the environment. Rep. John LaFalce...

... Truman Nixon/ Ford Carter...

...Joseph L. Falkson Copyright © 1977 by Duke University Press 1977 Washington Report The First Five Months Joseph L. Falkson This report continues the Journal's focus on the emerging shape of health policymaking in the Carter...