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Presents a paper by the author about the moral implications of Medicaid rationing in Oregon, submitted to the Cleveland Conference on Bioethics held on June 3-5, 1990. Debate on the Oregon Medicaid waiver; Consequences of the waiver; Factors to consider in Medicaid rationing.

Presents a paper by the author on the social aspects of medical care in the United States, submitted to the Cleveland Conference on Bioethics held on June 3-5, 1990. Overview of history of health care; Economic aspects of health care; Proposals for reform.

Opinion. Presents a commentary on the paper by Maxwell J. Mehlman on the fairness of Oregon's Medicaid Program, submitted to the Cleveland Conference on Bioethics held on June 3-5, 1990. Legal implications of the Medicaid Program; Debate on the Medicaid waiver issue; Social impact of the program.

Presents a paper by the authors about Oregon's Medicaid priority-setting project, submitted to the Cleveland Conference on Bioethics held on June 3-5, 1990. Impact on health services for poor children; Expanding Medicaid coverage; Role of government in health care provision.

Responds to the paper by John D. Golenski about the social aspects of health care in the United States, submitted to the Cleveland Conference on Bioethics held on June 3-5, 1990. Requirements for a paradigm shift in health care; Need for a philosophical foundation for reform; Proof supporting a paradigm shift in health care.

Presents a paper by the author on the policy and administrative implications of the Oregon Medicaid priority setting project, submitted to the Cleveland Conference on Bioethics held on June 3-5, 1990.

Opinion. Presents a commentary on Daniel Callahan's paper on the Oregon legislation regulating public funding of Medicaid, submitted to the Cleveland Conference on Bioethics held on June 3-5, 1990. Uncertainty over the success of priority-setting in health care; Implications of health care rationing on the health care system.

Opinion. Presents a commentary on the paper by Peter P. Budetti on the moral implications of health care rationing, submitted to the Cleveland Conference on Bioethics held on June 3-5, 1990. Controversy over the virtues of existing Medicaid policies and the vices of the Oregon Medicaid Program; Inadequacies of both systems.

Presents a paper by the author about health care priorities in Oregon, submitted to the Cleveland Conference on Bioethics held on June 3-5, 1990. Health care as a common good; Medical care for the uninsured individuals; Summary of the Senate Bill 27.

Presents a paper by the author about the fairness of Oregon's Medicaid Program, submitted to the Cleveland Conference on Bioethics held on June 3-5, 1990. Provisions of the program; Expansion of Medicaid coverage; Financing of the program; Negative implications of the program.

Presents a paper by the author about the Oregon initiative, a healthcare legislation, submitted to the Cleveland Conference on Bioethics held on June 3-5, 1990. Provisions of the law; Impact on the use of public funds for Medicaid beneficiaries; Moral and political context of the law.

In mid-June 2009, the Obama administration dissolved the President's Council on Bioethics (PCBE), a group established by President George W. Bush in August 2001 and whose nearly eight-year life was marked from beginning to end by controversy. While some will regret the PCBE's passing, others will regard the Council as a failed experiment in doing public bioethics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses several issues highlighted at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences in Arlington, Virginia which concerns bioethics. Public dissemination of sensitive scientific information of sensitive scientific information; Responsible conduct of science in the collection, reporting and analysis of data; Training of the next generation of scientist.