Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, No. 30; September, 1996
Ronald Baker, PhD

Proposition 214 does not impose new taxes, create new agencies or establish unnecessary regulations. The proposed measure ensures direct and open communication between doctors and patients, prohibits gag rules and bans financial incentives to providers for denying or delaying appropriate patient care. In addition, Proposition 214 would limit the rationing of care for those with chronic, expensive-to-treat illnesses such as HIV disease. The measure also would mandate written criteria for denial of care, quality standards, financial reports, staffing standards and complaints and arbitration. Finally, Proposition 214 requires health care insurers to disclose how much of consumers' premiums is spent for patient care and how much for salaries and overhead.

If you would like to receive more information on Propositions 214 and 215 as well as other November 1996 election recommendations from the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, please call the Foundation's Public Policy Department at 415-487-3080. Ronald Baker is Editor-in-Chief of BETA and Director of Treatment Education and Advocacy at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

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