All articles by HOWARD BERLINER
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School daze
medical education: Despite doctors' high status in the US, applications to medical schools are falling, especially among ethnicminority students. Howard Berliner reports
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Mass production
US HEALTHCARE: Health benefit schemes offered by US companies to their employees are unpopular and in an expensive state of flux. Howard Berliner reports
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Taking to the Bush
Political gridlock may leave US health reform in abeyance until the 2002 Congress elections. In the meantime, the new administration is busy appointing anti-abortion proponents.
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Unkindest cut?
Bill Clinton's government thought a massive programme of cuts to the health budget could be withstood by the industry. It may have been very wrong, writes Howard Berliner
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A question of trust
US doctors are advocating collective bargaining and unionisation in their latest battle with the health maintenance organisations, reports Howard Berliner
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American booty
The US’s biggest hospital chain has offered $745m to settle fraud allegations against it. But will anyone go to jail, wonders Howard Berliner
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West side story
A financial crisis in wealthy Los Angeles county was eased by a federal bail-out - a solution which can have drawbacks of its own, writes Howard Berliner
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Give and let live
Changes in the rules for organ transplant in the US have raised important issues about which patients should get priority. Howard Berliner reports
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Party poopers
Radical reforms of US healthcare are urgently needed - just don't expect dynamic solutions from all the presidential candidates, says Howard Berliner
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Profits of doom
A spectacular slump in the profits of HMOs is jeopardising the future of health insurance in the US. But, asks Howard Berliner, where is the alternative?
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Not such a premium service
'It is almost impossible to buy a traditional indemnity health plan in New York. Most of the insurance companies don't offer them any more and those that do are unaffordable for all but Bill Gates'
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Why integration falls apart
HUMAN SERVICES INTEGRATION By Michael J Austin Haworth Press 178 pages $60
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A stab at putting Bill to rights
Last month, the Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality, established in September 1996 to fulfil the president's campaign promise to deal with the growing public backlash against managed care, presented its final report to him.