title: Good and bad models of market reform for managed care.
abstract: The author argues that free market competition has not been given a fair chance in the health care industry and that the basic characteristics of a sound market can be met in the United States if the problem of asymmetric information is efficiently addressed. He proposes the "Buy-Right" system as an effective model for market reform.
authors.affiliation: Center for Policy Studies Minneapolis, MN 55416, USA.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: McClure
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation / Q000191:economics; D003363:Cost Control; D017047:Cost Sharing; D004465:Economic Competition; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D017754:Group Purchasing; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics*; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006292:Health Priorities; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D014481:United States; D019472:Universal Health Insurance