title: Finance issue brief: freedom of choice: year end report-2002.
abstract: Should managed care plans have the ability to limit an individual's "freedom of choice" when it comes to selecting a provider? As part of the anti-managed care movement of the early 1990s, 22 states enacted freedom of choice laws; the majority apply only to pharmacies.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Lillian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: MacEachern
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical / Q000639:trends; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D020403:Patient Freedom of Choice Laws / Q000639:trends; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States