title: Clinton's health plan: Prudential's choice.
abstract: President Clinton has proposed a managed competition model for health care reform. This strategy would accelerate the corporatization of U.S. health care resulting in more bureaucracy, less patient choice, and a health system owned by a few insurance giants. There is no evidence that competition or other central features of Clinton's plan can lower costs or improve quality. Because cost containment is doubtful, the promised expansion of coverage is unlikely to be implemented.
authors.affiliation: Center for National Health Program Studies, The Cambridge Hospital/Harvard Medical School, MA 02139.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Woolhandler
authors.forename: D U
authors.initials: DU
authors.lastname: Himmelstein
mesh_terms: D016536:Competitive Medical Plans / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003363:Cost Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007343:Insurance Carriers; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D011057:Politics; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States