Now Is the Time: Physician Involvement in Health Care Reform
Authors: Nicole Lurie, Steven H. Miles, David K. Haugen
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1993)

Editorials1 February 1993Now Is the Time: Physician Involvement in Health Care ReformNicole Lurie, MD, MSPH, Steven H. Miles, MD, and David K. Haugen, MANicole Lurie, MD, MSPHDepartments of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center and The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55415. Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55415.Search for more papers by this author, Steven H. Miles, MDDepartments of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center and The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55415. Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55415.Search for more papers by this author, and David K. Haugen, MADepartments of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center and The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55415. Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55415.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-118-3-199302010-00014 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Physician involvement in health care reform must go beyond the roles of organized medicine, and must occur on a local as well as national level. We outline a variety of ways for practicing physicians to become involved in health care reform and in redefining the fundamental purposes of the health care system. Our actions as physicians during the next few years can help shape reform. The choice now is to lead or be left behind.Health care reform is necessary. The public recognizes that the United States stands alone among developed nations in failing to ensure access to health care ...References1. Blendon RJ, Leitman R, Morrison I, Donelan K. Satisfaction with health systems in ten nations. Health Aff. 1990; 9:185-92. Google Scholar2. American College of Physicians. Access to health care. Ann Intern Med. 1990; 112:641-61. Google Scholar3. American College of Physicians. Universal insurance for American health care: A proposal of the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 1992; 117:6:511-9. Google Scholar4. Louis Harris and Associates. Making difficult health care decisions: Volume I—the National Survey (How health plans should choose between different expensive technologies. A survey conducted for the LORAN Commission). Boston, MA; 1987. Google Scholar5. Taylor H, Leitman R. Key interest groups and the future of health care reform. In: Blendon RJ, Edwards JN, eds. Washington, DC: Faulkner and Gray Healthcare Information Center, 1991:209-41. Google Scholar6. Smith MD, Altman DE, Leitman R, Moloney TW, Taylor H. Taking the public's pulse on health system reform. Health Aff. 1992; 11:125-33. Google Scholar7. Miles SH, Haugen D, Lurie N. Minnesota physicians and health care reform after ‘Health Right.’ Minn Med. 1992; 75:13-6. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH; Steven H. Miles, MD; David K. Haugen, MAAffiliations: Departments of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center and The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55415. Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55415.Corresponding Author: Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH, Medicine Office (814), Hennepin County Medical Center, 701 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55415.Grant Support: Supported by the Health of the Public Program of the Pew Charitable Trust and the Rockefeller Foundation. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoPerverse Incentives, Statesmanship, and the Ghosts of Reforms Past Peter E. Dans Metrics Cited byPhysician Perceptions of Health Care Reform 1 February 1993Volume 118, Issue 3Page: 226-227KeywordsHealth careHealth care policyHealth economicsHospitalsMotivationPediatricsPrevention, policy, and public healthPublic policySmoking cessationStable coronary artery disease ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 1 February 1993 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1993 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...