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Article: Getting your share from managed care. (health care costs) (includes related article on U.S. Healthcare, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania)
- Article from:
- Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
- Article date:
- February 1, 1993
- Author:
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Controls on health care costs are a good idea. But sometimes the cure can be... well, you know the rest.
Ask Karen Heiser what it's like to be a cancer patient and you won't hear of the ravages of chemotherapy or the fear of dying young. You'll hear of grievance analysts and appeals boards and the other vernacular of what's called managed care.
Heiser, 32, of Thousand Oaks, Cal., suffers from an advanced case of nonHodgkin's lymphoma, a slow-growing but deadly form of cancer The specialist she was referred to by her health maintenance organization recommended a bonemarrow transplant as a lifesaving option. Two other doctors Heiser consulted on her own ...
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Article: HMO SHOWDOWN: AS HOUSE VOTE NEARS, ...
Modern Healthcare;
October 4, 1999 ;
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... ... He summed up the HMO industry's surprise ... to crack down on managed-care practices, HMOs ... for and against managed-care reforms said Senate ... creates a dilemma for HMO lobbyists. Although ... included. So the managed-care lobbyists may not ...
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