The Impact of Consumerism on Health Care Change: Alternatives for the Future?

The quest for consumer participation in the management of health care delivery may have experienced its first signs of success, but the implications of that success are as yet unclear. The establishment of consumer majorities on the newly developed health systems agency (HSA) boards was seen as an important milestone in the development of the consumer movement in America over the last ten years. The initial wave of optimism over the Great Society programs that in part gave birth to the consumer movement has long since vanished, but some of the organizational results of those attempts at innovation have become routinely established, as the requirements for consumer participation specified in wave after wave of health related amendments clearly indicates. But what are the results of this participation, and what can we reasonably expect in the future

Ariel - Volume 3 Number 2

Editors Richard J. Bonanno Robin A. Edwards Associate Editors Steven Ager Stephen Flynn Tom Williams Lay-out Editor Eugenia Miller Contributing Editors Paul Bialas Milton Packer Robert Breckenridge Lynne Porter Mark Pearlman Terry Burt Mike Leo Editors Emeritus Delvyn C. Case, Jr. Paul M. Fernhof

Ariel - Volume 3 Number 8

Editors Richard J. Bonanno Robin A. Edwards Associate Editors Steven Ager Tom Williams Lay-out Editor Eugenia Miller Contributing Editors Paul Bialas Robert Breckenridge David Jacoby Mike LeWitt Terry Burt Michael Leo Editors Emeritus Delvyn C. Case, Jr. Paul M. Fernhof

Ariel - Volume 3 Number 3

Editors Richard J. Bonanno Robin A. Edwards Associate Editors Steven Ager Stephen Flynn Tom Williams Lay-out Editor Eugenia Miller Contributing Editors Paul Bialas Robert Breckenridge Lynne Porter Milton Packer Terry Burt Mark Pearlman Editors Emeritus Delvyn C. Case, Jr. Paul M. Fernhoff Mike Le

Ariel - Volume 3 Number 7

Editors Richard J. Bonanno Robin A. Edwards Associate Editors Steven Ager Tom Williams Lay-out Editor Eugenia Miller Contributing Editors Paul Bialas Robert Breckenridge David Jacoby Mike LeWitt Terry Burt Michael Leo Editors Emeritus Delvyn C. Case, Jr. Paul M. Fernhof

Ariel - Volume 2 Number 8

Editors Richard J. Bonanno Robin A. Edwards Associate Editors Steven Ager Stephen Flynn Shep Dickman Tom Williams Lay-out Editor Eugenia Miller Contributing Editors Michael J. Blecker Milton Packe James J. Nocon Lynne Porter Editors Emeritus Delvyn C. Case, Jr. Paul M. Fernhof

Ariel - Volume 3 Number 1

Editors Richard J. Bonanno Robin A. Edwards Associate Editors Steven Ager Stephen Flynn Tom Williams Lay-out Editor Eugenia Miller Contributing Editors Michael J. Blecker Milton Parker James J. Nocon Lynne Porter Editors Emeritus Delvyn C. Case, Jr. Paul M. Fernhof

Ariel - Volume 3 Number 6

Editors Richard J. Bonanno Robin A. Edwards Associate Editors Steven Ager Tom Williams Lay-out Editor Eugenia Miller Contributing Editors Paul Bialas Robert Breckenridge Lynne Porter David Jacoby Mike LeWitt Terry Burt Mark Pearlman Michael Leo Editors Emeritus Delvyn C. Case, Jr. Paul M. Fernhof

Ariel - Volume 2 Number 5

Editors Delvyn C. Case, Jr. Paul M. Fernhoff News Editors Richard Bonanno Robin A. Edwards Features Editors Stephen P. Flynn Steven A. Ager Lay-Out Editor Carol Dolinskas Contributing Editors Michael J. Blecker W. Cherry Light Eugenia Miller Lin Sey Edwards Jack Guralnik Tom Williams James Noco