Medicare does not have an outpatient prescription drug benefit. Recently, there has been renewed interest in adding a … for a representative cohort of Medicare beneficiaries under the status quo and three different plans: (1) a catastrophic … plan modeled on the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (PL 100-360), which was passed in 1988 but repealed one year later …

births, and has already achieved its MDG 4 target of reducing child mortality to 16 deaths per 1,000 live births. This note … explores the actions China has taken to reduce child and maternal mortality, focusing on key policies and programs since the …

improving maternal and child health. Child-mortality (under 5 years old) declined from 123 to 41 deaths per 1,000 live births … between 1990 and 2012. In addition, maternal mortality more than halved from 510 to 200 deaths per 100,000 live births between …