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As the principal payer for the health care used by employees and their families, large industrial corporations in the United States have the leverage—and the incentive—to bring about change in the health care delivery system. Previous volumes in the Industry and Health Care series have examined this thesis and the evidence that some companies are at least beginning to test their influence in hopes of containing health care costs. But in relation to the health of women employees, many corporations seem more buffeted by social forces than actively or deliberately leading change. They cannot ignore these forces. They must either set explicit policies or confront individual cases willy-nilly and possibly paint themselves into a policy corner they may later wish to escape.
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See, e.g., Daniel P. Moynihan, The Negro Family (Washington, D.C.: Office of Policy, Planning and Research, Department of Labor, 1965 ).
See, e.g., Lee Rainwater, “Crucible of Identity,” in The American Negro, ed. Talcott Parsons and Kenneth Clark ( Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966 ).
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U.S. Code of Federal Regulations 409 (c) (3) (A) and 512 (d) (1) (H).
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Walsh, D.C. (1980). Genesis and Highlights of a Conference. In: Walsh, D.C., Egdahl, R.H. (eds) Women, Work, and Health: Challenges to Corporate Policy. Industry and Health Care, vol 8. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8077-1_1
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