Managed Care

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This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes the use of managed care in modern health care. Specifically, it includes a brief history of managed care, and positive and negative effects of the process are outlined. The paper provides an understanding of the differences between traditional health care and managed health care.

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"Managed care is not a new phenomenon in health care. In fact, it has existed in the United States since the 1920s. "Historians cite the 1930s as the beginning of managed care as we know it today. The launch of the Kaiser Health Plan during World War II resulted in the first clinic-based system of managed care" (Editors). Edgar Kaiser, the founder of the Kaiser Health Plan (still one of the largest and most successful managed care plans), created an American phenomenon. Managed care is strictly an American invention, and still proves most popular in the United States."

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