title: Their world is the ghetto.
abstract: Though small and struggling, minority-run HMOs have taught their larger rivals a lesson or two about serving the community. Unfortunately, Medicaid rate cuts make it harder and harder to serve the poor without going broke.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Serb
mesh_terms: D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003363:Cost Control / Q000639:trends; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D008913:Minority Groups; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012307:Risk Factors; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D014505:Urban Population