Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
5-31-2011
Journal
Time
Keywords
Health Administration/Organization; Hospitals; Health Reform
Abstract
"Remember the 1990s" retrospective lists always include Nirvana, Monica Lewinsky and Wayne's World, but leave out another major product that defined American life in the '90s: the health maintenance organization, or HMO — that nefarious health-insurance plan that seemed expressly designed to prevent you from seeing the doctor of your choice or receiving the treatments recommended by doctors, all under the guise of lowering costs and "improving" medical care. Of course HMOs are still around, but they are no longer central to the national discussion on health care. Why? For the most part, HMOs have eased limits on patient choice and treatments.
Recommended Citation
Meisel, Zachary F. and Pines, Jesse M., "Post-HMO Health Care: Are ACOs the Answer?" (2011). Health Policy and Management Informal Communications. Paper 6.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/sphhs_policy_informal/6
Open Access
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