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| Author: | Gannes, S. |
| Title: | Strong medicine for health bills. |
| Journal: | Fortune
1987 : APR 13, VOL. 15:8, p. 44-47 |
| Index terms: | COMPANY HEALTH SERVICES MEDICAL CARE WORKING CONDITIONS LEGISLATION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | A review of health maintenance organisations (HMOs) in the U.S. How the HMOs cost as much as traditional coverage. Increase in health care costs. How HMOs have proliferated by 40% in past two years. Competition with discount prices and package deals. Drop in benefit expenses. Losses of some managed health care groups. Empty hospital beds. Oversupply of physicians and increase in fees. Limitation in seeking health care and cost cutting. Views of the big health carriers. Cost of handling claims. Triple-option packages and allegation that HMOs limit a patient's access to medical services. |
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