Box 43

Contains a report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) regarding rural healthcare and funding appropriations for the bill from the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989.

Contains a special issue publication by Health Services Research (HSR, Volume 23, No. 6) which is a summary of a conference held on December 13-15, 1987, sponsored by the National Rural Health Association. There was a paper in the book with a notation for an additional paragraph (written out on the paper) to be added to page 1007.

Contains various materials and reports pertaining to rural healthcare. Reports are produced by such organizations as the National Rural Health Association, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF), and the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment.

Contains a testimony about the rights and wrongs of rural hospitals given before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, and a report titled "Signs of Progress: A Report on Rural America's Revitalization Efforts," produced by the USDA.

Contains a Congressional Record with a handwritten notation on its spine, a Rural Health Resources Directory for 1989, and two reports on hospitals.

Contains an informational report by the National Governors' Association titled "State Initiatives to Improve Rural Health Care," which describes ongoing state programs and policies designed to improve access to health care in rural communities.

Contains various materials pertaining to lack of access to obstetricians for prenatal care and/or hospital delivery services in rural communities in Oklahoma. Also contains materials regarding a shortage of clinical laboratory personnel.

Contains various items of correspondence regarding the Oklahoma Single Zone Medicare Reimbursement program.

Contains various informational materials regarding Oklahoma's rural healthcare and includes a copy of a bill (S.Con.Res. 4) from the 1983 Oklahoma State Legislature which converts Oklahoma to a single, statewide reimbursement locality for Medicare.

Contains various materials regarding rural healthcare including talking points put together by the American Medical Association, a copy of the F.Y. 1991 Medicare budget, and proposed bills providing for student loan deductions for physicians who practice in rural communities (H.R. 747, S. 954).