Dismantling the golden promise.
HMOs are really "in the soup" now, says columnist Stephen Hage. Just as they were "building a head of steam," the federal government began to withdraw support by attempting to dismantle the equal contribution requirement of the HMO act. That and government's current fascination with catastrophic insurance spell trouble for the former darlings of the healthcare industry.
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