Comments and Critiques on the EMBRACE Health Care Reform Plan

  1. Richard L. O'Brien, MD; and
  2. Donald Frey, MD
  1. From Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178.

    TO THE EDITOR:

    Regarding the proposal by Lancaster and colleagues (1), what tier would persons with chronic, debilitating, but not life-threatening, diseases fit into? Consider persons with rheumatoid arthritis or those with developmental disabilities who also have mental illness. Treatment for these persons clearly falls into the category of “quality of life” and maintenance of function.

    It therefore seems that such persons would fall into Tier 2. If so, and if persons with such …

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