Managed care: do health-care firms sacrifice quality to cut costs?
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The financial incentives provided to managed care firms to reduce expenses are steadily reversing the trend of climbing health care costs, but they can also threaten patient care. Managed care is a pre-paid health care delivery system that controls the use of resources with the consent of providers and patients. Many physician groups view managed care as contradictory to professional ethics. Expensive operations needed by seriously ill people may not be covered by these plans.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 1996
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Fair trade labeling: Current situation: Government support
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Governments and political leaders in the United Kingdom and other European countries have supplied more support and action to the fair trade movement than in the United States. Although the U.S. government is interested in supporting fair trade companies, activists believe that relevant legislation or standardization in the U.S. will be undermined by lobbying and politicking.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 2007
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