Managed care and the poor.
While the momentum for health care reform stems from the concerns of the middle class rather than the poor, we should recognize that managed care--at least as an ideal--can still represent an improvement over the fee-for-service system. For the reality of managed care to approach its promise for underserved communities, issues surrounding cost-sharing, preventive health, traditional providers for the poor, and premium adjustment must be resolved.
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Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Menlo Park, CA 94205.
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