Presents Comments at National Press Conference. Brase spoke on the implications of the survey for medical research, emphasizing the need for patient consent to maintain trust in the health care system, integrity of medical record data, and reliability of medical research results. According to a U.S. Newswire Report, the American Medical Association , American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, and American College of Surgeons, have seperately and collectively decided to pursue universal health insurance. Australian's Health Care Services rationed. According to the Center for Independent Studies , a January 1999 report issued by the Perth Metropolitan Health Services Board shows most seriously ill patients fail to receive surgery within accepted time frames, and more than half the patients wait two months or longer for their operations, while some wait more than a year.
British patients wait to get on waiting list.
There are 1.12 million people on the official waiting list and now citizens are discovering another list, the list to getting on the official list, a list which the British government does not acknowledge. British citizens are upset. Those waiting to see a specialist are on the unofficial list, but are not included in the government statistics. Only the those on the official list are counted as waiting. It's literally playing politics with people's lives.