A Call for Action: Executive SummaryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 18 pages |
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... expenses threatens middle - income Americans as well . Larger firms do not face problems in the insurance market . Yet their workers , too , are not entirely secure . Their coverage is jeopardized by continuously escalating health care ...
... expenses threatens middle - income Americans as well . Larger firms do not face problems in the insurance market . Yet their workers , too , are not entirely secure . Their coverage is jeopardized by continuously escalating health care ...
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... expenses ; and that low - income workers and nonworkers receive subsidies to keep their contributions within reasonable bounds . 3. The Commission believes that private insurers and government should each play a role in adminis- tering ...
... expenses ; and that low - income workers and nonworkers receive subsidies to keep their contributions within reasonable bounds . 3. The Commission believes that private insurers and government should each play a role in adminis- tering ...
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... expenses by encouraging appropriate use of services and negotiating appropriate payment rates with providers . Accordingly , its recommendations in- clude managed care as an appropriate means of service delivery for employers as well as ...
... expenses by encouraging appropriate use of services and negotiating appropriate payment rates with providers . Accordingly , its recommendations in- clude managed care as an appropriate means of service delivery for employers as well as ...
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... expense , the loss of productivity . " -Luanne Nyberg , director , Childrens ' Defense Fund - Minnesota less than 2 percent more than the nation spends for health care under current law . If the recommenda- tions were implemented in ...
... expense , the loss of productivity . " -Luanne Nyberg , director , Childrens ' Defense Fund - Minnesota less than 2 percent more than the nation spends for health care under current law . If the recommenda- tions were implemented in ...
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... expense when they need care . Creativity and competition among insurers , along with regulatory requirements , have expanded benefits policies offer . But even in most improved policies , benefit levels do not keep pace with increases ...
... expense when they need care . Creativity and competition among insurers , along with regulatory requirements , have expanded benefits policies offer . But even in most improved policies , benefit levels do not keep pace with increases ...
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