Health Care
Health Care | Glossary
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The tendency of persons who present a poorer-than average health risk to apply for, or continue, insurance to a greater extent than do persons with average or better-than-average expectations of health.
benefit package The covered services each patient is entitled to under a managed care contract.
capitation An arrangement in which managed care plans pay a fixed monthly or annual fee to physicians for each patient in their care. Doctors receive the same fixed amount each month regardless of how much care the plan member...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: Is America’s Health Care System in Need of Reform?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- America Has the Best Health Care System in the World
- America Does Not Have the Best Health Care System in the World
- The Problem of Uninsured Americans Is Serious
- The Problem of Uninsured Americans Is Not Serious
- Health Care Spending Is a Serious Problem
- Health Care Spending Is Not a Serious Problem
- Chapter 1 Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 2: How Has Managed Care Affected the Health Care System?
- Chapter 2 Preface
- Managed Care Has Harmed the Health Care System
- Managed Care Has Helped the Health Care System
- Managed Care Is Necessary to Control Health Care Costs
- Managed Care Is Not Necessary to Control Health Care Costs
- Most Patients Are Satisfied with Managed Care
- Most Patients Are Not Satisfied with Managed Care
- Chapter 2 Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 3: How Can the Problem of Uninsured Americans Be Solved?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Universal Health Care Is the Best Solution for Uninsured Americans
- Universal Health Care Is Not the Best Solution for the Uninsured
- Tax Credits Should Be Used to Expand Health Insurance Coverage
- Tax Credits Should Not Be Used to Expand Health Insurance Coverage
- An Employer-Based Solution Is the Best Answer for the Uninsured
- Reforming Health Care Financing Is the Best Answer for the Uninsured
- Medical Savings Accounts Are the Best Answer for the Uninsured
- Chapter 3 Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 4: How Should the United States Reform Its Health Care System?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Medical IDs Would Improve the Health Care System
- Medical IDs Would Not Improve the Health Care System
- Patients Should Be Allowed to Sue Their Health Plans
- Patients Should Not Be Allowed to Sue Their Health Plans
- Physicians Should Be Allowed to Unionize
- Physicians Should Not Be Allowed to Unionize
- Medicare Benefits Should Be Expanded to Cover Prescription Drugs
- Medicare Benefits Should Not Be Expanded to Cover Prescription Drugs
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- Glossary
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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