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The Clinton proposal for health care reform is based on managed competition, as are the alternatives offered by Republicans in the Senate and by a bipartisan group in the House of Representatives. So the odds are good that managed competition will be part of the final health reform legislation, whatever changes Congress may decide to make in the rest of the Clinton proposal.

Managed competition, as almost everyone knows by now, means regulated competition among managed-care plans. Under the Clinton proposal medical care would be delivered by managed-care entities called "health plans," which would provide a uniform package of medical . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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