TITLE

The public isn't ready for Medicare reform

AUTHOR(S)
Wechsler, Jill
PUB. DATE
December 1998
SOURCE
Managed Healthcare;Dec98, Vol. 8 Issue 12, p14
SOURCE TYPE
Trade Publication
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Evaluates the feasibility of Medicare reform programs in the United States. Implication of the Medicare managed care expansion proposal; Public awareness on changes in Medicare programs; Skepticisms on the possibility of reforms.
ACCESSION #
1400553

Tags: MEDICARE;  HEALTH care reform

 

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