Whether health care should be subjected to the values of themarketplace is a fundamental question facing us today. A powerfultrend in this direction is upon us, with enormous, well-financedcompanies already dominating the delivery of health care inmany parts of the country. Although many in medicine believethat the unchecked expansion of managed care (particularly theinvestor-owned variety) could have dire consequences, few havespoken out. Instead, many leaders have accepted the new trendas a fait accompli and have begun to position their institutionsto survive within the constraints of the marketplace. The threatsare not . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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