Employer-sponsored health insurance in the United States--Origins and implications

Article Abstract:

A review of how the US came to have an employer-based system of health insurance is presented together with a discussion on how reliance on employer-sponsored insurance affects the US health care system generally. It explores new trends in such insurance along with approaches that the providers of the insurance are taking to the problems they confront, and discusses the probable future of this vital American institution.

Management dynamics, Accident & Health Insurance, Insurance Carriers, Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers, Hospital and medical service plans, Medical Care Insurance, Management, Health insurance, Company business management

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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United States - an epidemiologist's view

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The disease called bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was found in a cow, which is approved for human consumption by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The existence of the disease made Japan, Mexico, South Korea and other countries to ban U.S. beef and cattle.

Livestock, Except Dairy and Poultry, Risk factors, Livestock industry, Powers and duties

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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy in a dairy cow-Washington state, 2003

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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has done a preliminary diagnosis of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). A summary of the findings of the investigation of this case has been presented.

Government domestic functions, Animal Slaughtering and Processing, Meat Products, Other Animal Food Manufacturing, Prepared feeds, not elsewhere classified, Beef & Veal, Beef, Beef Cattle Feed, Diagnosis, Development and progression, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Cattle feed, Health policy

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