Reinvention of health insurance in the consumer era
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The behavior of patients through benefit designs that cover a broad range of services but with high co- payments, tiered network designs, and medical management programs are the fields which the private health insurance industry, plans to concentrate on as a result of the backlash against managed care.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2004
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Influence of the HIPAA privacy rule on health research
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The researchers have expressed doubts on The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to affect health research in the U.S. and surveyed epidemiologists. The Privacy Rule as per survey showed negative influence on human subjects health research.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2007
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Market justice and US health care
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The article discusses pros and cons of the concept of treating health care as a saleable market commodity in the U.S., called as market justice.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2008
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