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Consumer-directed plans dictated.(Practice Trends)(Survey)
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Internal Medicine News
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January 1, 2007
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Many individuals enrolled in consumer-directed health plans may not have much of a choice in the matter, according to a report from the Center for Studying Health System Change. The report, based on survey responses from employers, found that about 39% of the 2.7 million American workers enrolled in employer-sponsored consumer-directed health plans had no other health plan choice in 2006. When employees had a choice of plans, they were more likely to choose a PPO or an HMO. Of the 8.9 million employees who had a choice of at least one other type of health plan, ...
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