title: How managed care could coopt the public sector.
abstract: Since current public officials lack the courage and political will to significantly raise payroll taxes or constrain Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits, it can be expected that long-term deficit spending will continue, effecting a predictable series of events that have strong, negative ramifications for the American health care system. The author suggests modifications to how our nation's health system should be organized and financed in order to avert these dire predictions.
authors.affiliation: Bedford Health Associates, Inc., Asheville, NC, USA.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Weil
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000639:trends; D005858:Germany; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009313:National Health Programs; D017150:Public Sector / Q000191:economics*; D013660:Taxes; D014481:United States; D019472:Universal Health Insurance