...Rudolf Klein; Theodore Marmor Copyright © 1978 by the Department of Health Administration, Duke University 1978 Position Paper Evidence to the Royal Commission on the National Health Service Rudolf Klein, University of Bath, with an Introduction by Theodore Marmor...

...Andrew C. Twaddle; Richard M. Hessler This paper reviews the work of the Swedish Commission of Inquiry formed in 1975 to propose a new law governing medical care. Based on interviews with commission members, the interests and goals of participating groups are identified. These are compared...

... divided, the overall package proposed by the PPRC proved influential in legislative deliberations because the commission, with six physicians among its thirteen members, achieved consensus on all of its legislative recommendations save one. Four of the commissioners favored mandatory assignment...

... years as an FTC commissioner, Leibowitz concurred or dissented fifteen times from FTC orders, reports, and com- plaints to express his view that, in many cases, the commission had not gone far enough in its enforcement efforts (President Obama Appoints Jon Leibowitz Chairman of the FTC 2009). He...

... of the Community Mental Health Centers Program. Washington Report The President's Commission on Mental Health Franklin D. Chu* Joseph L. Falkson The President's Commission on Mental Health was established on February 17, 1977, and charged "to review the mental health...

...Sara Rosenbaum Despite the size of their report, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice pay virtually no attention to tens of millions of uninsured and underinsured persons. By focusing on an increasingly rarified group of health care customers—healthy, affluent, and highly insured...

...Lawrence P. Casalino This article examines Federal Trade Commission (FTC) policy—in particular, the agency's controversial 1996 statements on clinical integration—toward joint negotiations for nonrisk contracts with health plans by physicians organized into independent practice associations (IPAs...

... and approval of the Commissioner of Health. Thus, the Rochester episode established precedent in New York for intervention by Schramm Regulating Hospital Labor Costs 367 the Commission in the collective bargaining process. Moreover, the Rochester settlement established...

..., a commission requires agreement that is as close to una- nimity as possible, to have any effect at all. . . . The commission method thus forces the commissioners to find areas of common accord. Given a diverse group of commissioners, such areas are likely to be ones of latent social ac...

... under the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety. The authority is structured around four units: policy and coordination; intelligence gathering, analysis, and innovation; medical countermeasures; and an emergency office (European Commission 2022 ). Strategic planning is undertaken by the HERA Board...

... of sound policy. As an ethics commission, it was argued, the Commission was in a unique position to educate the public about the need for limits, and to defuse some of the controversy surrounding the word rationing. The Commissioners were not persuaded. They accepted the case for limits, in substance...

... examines the benefits and dangers of increased agency discretion under the development of new independent commissions under the ACA, such as an independent Medicare commission, an innovations center, and an Institute of Medicine commission. Finally, Miriam J. Laugesen focuses on the American Medical...

..., its introduction would potentially be much more far-reaching and disruptive. Methods: Three EU competition law (state-aid) cases are used and comprise both Court of Justice and European Commission decisions. One is from Ireland, one is from the Netherlands, and the third is from Belgium. Findings...

... of competition law and its limits in the field of health care. Due to the lack of a clear definition in EU legislation, the applicability and scope of competition law are determined on a case-by-case basis, which reveals an inconsistent approach by the European Commission and the CJEU regarding the application...

...Lois Friss As early as 1915, leaders in the nursing profession were concerned with the “image problem of nurses,” which they saw as needing improvement. Since then, countless studies, reports, and commissions have attempted to explain and solve perceived shortages of registered nurses, which have...

...- ton, Massachusetts, and Massachusetts insurance commissioner in 1984, 12 June 1984. 7. The Rate Setting Commission had approval authority over contracts between Blue Cross and the hospitals and authority in the form of a “charge control” system in 1982 that allowed it to monitor and approve...

... were able to thwart this cost-control effort, a 1986 Supreme Court decision, FTC v. Indiana Federation of Dentists , found that a boycott of insurers by dentists violated Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act. Further investigation of recent developments, including the recent Wickline v...

... and the Bureaucracy: Politics and Implementation . Cambridge: MIT Press. Thomson, Maynard. 1975 . Memorandum to Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC , 12 December. U.S. Congress, House. 1982 . Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism . Committee on Energy and Commerce. Federal...

...Martin Gaynor In this article, I use the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice 2004 report Improving Health Care: A Dose of Competition as an occasion to comment on two specific issues that have arisen in health care antitrust: the recent string of losses by the enforcement...

...Sherry Glied The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice 2004 report Improving Health Care: A Dose of Competition argues in favor of increasing competition among health care providers. Several of the proposals within the report, however, may pose risks for access to care. The report...