MANAGED CARE

MANAGED CARE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

Reform of the health care system in the United States is a volatile issue. Costs are the primary concern of funding providers, while a continuation of the opportunity to earn profits is the primary concern of the health insurance industry, and increased access to health care services is the primary concern of social activists. Managed care has been proposed as the concept that can satisfy each of these three groups. Hahn and Flood (1995, pp. 41-59), however, surmised that before any decisions are reached in relation to health care reform, tow of the basic assumptions underlying the debate should be validated.

The first assumption investigated by Hahn and Flood (pp. 41-59) is that having any type of health care insurance is associated with higher levels of general health than those characterizing people with no health insurance of any type. The second assumption investigated is that public welfare-based health care insurance is associated with higher levels of general health than those characterizing people with no health insurance of any type.

Hahn and Flood (pp. 41-59) found that having full, private health insurance is associated with levels of general health that are marginally higher than those characterizing people with no health insurance of any type, but that people with no health insurance of any type are characterized by substantially higher levels of general health than those chara

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