Abstract
Current policies of the federal government include substantial cuts in government health expenditures and dismantling government regulations in the health and medical-care sectors. These policies are being pursued under an assumed popular mandate. The existence of such a mandate is also assumed among large sectors of the political, medical, and academic establishments in this country. There is, indeed, a belief among many leaders of medical academic and healthcare institutions that there is a popular mandate to cut government health expenditures, with particular emphasis on those that affect the poor and the elderly; and an anti-government mood in the country, with.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1516-1518 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | New England Journal of Medicine |
Volume | 307 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 9 1982 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine