title: Carving new roles for the health care consumer.
abstract: Employees are becoming increasingly vocal about their health care needs, but few face the financial consequences of their treatment decisions. That dichotomy must be resolved, analysts agree, even as they argue about how to do it.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lippman
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee; D007255:Information Services; D014481:United States