Patients' Rights and Health Care Reform
HEALTH CARE REFORM
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Most proposals for the reform of the national health care system are based to some extent on the concept of managed care (Mariner, 1994, pp. 1515-1520). These managed care proposals generally are characterized by packages of defined benefits that deny individuals access to unlimited health care, and the denial of any health care service that is not deemed to be a medical necessity. Critics of the managed care approach contend that, under such a regime, patients' rights will become subservient to economic concerns, as medical necessity becomes increasingly defined within the context of costs. This researcher supports this contention.Many managed care organizations, particularly health maintenance organizations (HMOs) generally are well rated by their members (Braus, 1994, pp. 17-18). The general relationship between managed care plans and the level
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