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BrownTown3

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Why is managed care considered to be a threat to the independence and autonomy of medical practitioners?
 
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What are the problems resulting from the free market and profit-making nature of the U.S. health-care system?
 
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Answer to Question 1

In some communities, managed care enrolls so many people that insufficient business is left for physicians who are not part of the managed-care system. To make a living, doctors would have little choice other than to sign on with the managed-care system and accept whatever pay and working conditions are dictated. In fact, physicians' incomes have stopped rising and may even have begun to fall, in part because of the cost controls of managed care.

Answer to Question 2

One problem resulting from the free market and profit-making nature of the U.S. health-care system is that the health-care field is not as subject to the laws of competition and the marketplace, as are other economic realms. Health-care consumers, for example, cannot as readily shop for bargains and are heavily dependent on physicians, who benefit from high health-care expenditures, to tell them what health services they need. Another problem is that health corporations can be tempted to cut back on services, and possibly on necessary health care, in order to increase profits.




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Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
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