Washington builds concord, sways providers

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Washington State has enacted health care reform legislation, after elaborate negotiations and consensus building, that will provide universal coverage for the state's citizens. Physicians and the state's largest health maintenance organization supported the plan, while businesses and insurance groups opposed it. Employers will share the financial burden with the state for financing the plan, and Washington plans to generate $230 million in new taxes on tobacco, alcohol and hospitals to pay for it. Opponents of the plan hope to repeal the new taxes as a way of nullifying the reform measures.

HEALTH SERVICES, Washington (State)

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Foundation model for medical groups passes IRS test

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The Internal Revenue Service has given 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status to the Friendly Hills foundation, a hospital and integrated health network in Los Angeles, CA, formerly organized as the for-profit Friendly Hills Group. The Friendly Hills foundation will pay physician salaries and quarterly dividends. Physicians, however, will no longer own the operation, as they did before it was sold to the foundation. The California health care industry is facing intense competition from Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc, a national network of health maintenance organizations.

General medical & surgical hospitals, Management, Managed care plans (Medical care), Friendly Hills Medical Group

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Doctors warned: you must 'play or pay' on health reform

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An American Medical Assn state legislation conference in Dec 1992 revealed that most doctors are not ready for the changes brought about by health care reform. The conference reported that most physicians are ambivalent about the changes that will be necessary under the new system and that doctors must take an active role in shaping federal and state reform legislation. Rep James King Jr spoke to the conference and won praise for his opposition to medical care reform.

Planning, Speeches, lectures and essays, King, James, Jr.

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