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Managed Care February 2007	Employer-Sponsored Insurance Coverage Rates Falling A new report says that that 61 percent of non-elderly Americans had employer-sponsored insurance in 2004, compared to 66 percent in 2000.
Managed Care February 2001	Rate of uninsured falls, but underlying factors remain shaky The percentage of uninsured Americans fell from 1998 to 1999, for the first time in a decade. But, according to a study prepared by the Health Insurance Association of America, the underlying factors affecting coverage have not changed -- and that could mean the decline is just an illusion...
Managed Care April 2002	More Than Just 'Chipping' Away at Problem of Uninsured Children CHIP (the Children's Health Insurance Program) continues to grow by leaps and bounds. About 4.6 million children in the U.S. received coverage through CHIP in fiscal year 2001. That's an increase of 38 percent from fiscal year 2000...
Managed Care April 2005 John Carroll	Can Managed Care Programs Rein in Medicaid's Runaway Budgets? Cadillac or Yugo care for the poor? Fee-for-service or managed care? The states have a lot on their minds as the Medicaid monster grows and grows.
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Managed Care September 2007	Ninety Percent of Adults Eligible For Medicare Have Drug Coverage A study from the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research finds that 90 percent of Americans age 65 and older now have prescription drug coverage, compared to more than 75 percent who were covered in 2004.
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Managed Care May 2000	Physicians Fudge Insurance Forms To Help Patients A study confirms what has long been considered common but is rarely discussed: Physicians often lie about patients' conditions to gain or improve coverage for their treatment.
Managed Care September 2002	Families Often Miss Out On Free Care for Children Programs that cover the costs of basic medical care are there for the asking for parents in low-income families whose children need it. Too often, however, aid is not requested.
Managed Care June 2005 John Carroll	New Legislative Efforts Put Onus on Employers States are considering laws that require businesses to provide coverage for their employees. Wal-Mart is the biggest target.
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Managed Care September 2005 Martin Sipkoff	The Private Sector Can, Should, and Will Help Solve the Problem of the Uninsured WellPoint Chairman Leonard Schaeffer and other health plan leaders believe they can help with the chronic societal issue of uninsured Americans.
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Managed Care September 2006 John Carroll	Revolution in Massachusetts May Spread to Other States Governors and legislators look to borrow whatever health policies they think might work well for their own constituencies.
Managed Care July 2000	Changing physicians: Why they do it More than 1 in 8 people changed their personal physician or other primary provider of health care last year. For people enrolled in HMOs, quality of care -- not something related to coverage -- was the number one impetus for switching providers.
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Managed Care November 2001 Michael D. Dalzell	The Uninsured: How Health Plans Can Do Well By Doing Good While health plans battle for market share, 38 million Americans are uninsured. At least some could be signed up, but pursuing them is not without risk...
Managed Care October 2001	CMS Defends Plan To Let States Tailor Medicaid Benefits Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Thomas Scully has defended the Bush administration's plan to allow states to opt out of mandatory Medicaid-coverage requirements...
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Managed Care August 2006	So Far, Experts Like What They See in Part D Health care opinion leaders so far think Medicare Part D is a success, though changes are needed to the program, according to a survey by the Commonwealth Fund.
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