Author: Committee on Choice and Managed Care: Assuring Pub
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: choice, protections, adding, market, medicare, improving
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 1996-11-04
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0309055350
ISBN-13: 9780309055352

Medicare beneficiaries are rapidly moving into managed care, as attempts to restrain the growth of this costly entitlement program progress. However, advocates for patients question whether the necessary information and structures are in place to enable Medicare consumers to select wisely among private-sector managed care options. "Improving the Medicare Market" examines how to give Medicare beneficiaries the same choice of health plan options enjoyed in the private sector - yet protect them as consumers and patients. This book recommends approaches to ensuring accountability and informed purc

Author: John A. Boehner
Publisher: Diane Pub Co
Keywords: plan, education, committee, workforce, house, representatives, hearing, protections, health, accountability, participants, adequate, employer
Number of Pages: 139
Published: 1999-10
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0756705215
ISBN-13: 9780756705213