Introduction
More than 50 million workers - 70 percent of the nation's eligible employees - now have health coverage through managed care. The rapid rise of managed-care firms reflects employers' efforts to reduce their expenses for workers' health benefits. But consumer groups worry that concern about costs will drive medical decisions in huge for-profit firms. And physicians' groups see the focus on cost as antithetical to professional ethics. The managed-care industry asserts that health care will improve under its cost-conscious custody. Health-care firms say they have a financial stake in intervening early and making sure patients get better, not sicker. But seriously ill patients, who are the most expensive gambles for cost-conscious plans, will lose out in the process, some experts predict.
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Oct. 23, 2020 |
The U.S. Health Insurance System |
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Oct. 18, 2019 |
Health Care Debates |
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Sep. 21, 2012 |
Assessing the New Health Care Law |
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Jun. 11, 2010 |
Health-Care Reform  |
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Aug. 28, 2009 |
Health-Care Reform |
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Mar. 30, 2007 |
Universal Coverage |
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Jun. 14, 2002 |
Covering the Uninsured |
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Apr. 16, 1999 |
Managing Managed Care |
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Apr. 12, 1996 |
Managed Care |
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Primary Care |
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The Failure to Contain Medical Costs |
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Aug. 10, 1984 |
Health Care: Pressure for Change |
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Apr. 08, 1983 |
Rising Cost of Health Care |
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Health Maintenance Organizations |
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Jan. 18, 1970 |
Future of Health Insurance |
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Jun. 20, 1962 |
Health Care Plans and Medical Practice |
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May 28, 1958 |
Health Insurance Costs |
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Feb. 17, 1954 |
Government Aid for Health Plans |
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Nov. 22, 1949 |
Compensation for Disability |
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Aug. 30, 1946 |
Public Medical Care |
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Jan. 25, 1944 |
Medical Insurance |
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Sep. 16, 1938 |
Health Insurance in Foreign Countries |
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Mar. 06, 1937 |
Toward Health Insurance |
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Jul. 09, 1934 |
Sickness Insurance and Group Hospitalization |
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