The conventional wisdom is that managed care’s brief life is over and we are now in a post-managed care era. In fact, managed care has a long history and continues to thrive. Writers also often assume that managed care is a fixed thing. They overlook that managed care has evolved and neglect...

Despite its many advantages, managed care creates new problems for consumers. Activists have proposed four types of remedies: (1) increased information and choice; (2) standards for services and marketing; (3) administrative oversight; and (4) procedural due process for complaints. Each approach...

According to the conventional wisdom, the managed care backlash was interest group politics at its worst and produced bad policy. Managed care organizations (MCOs) and the private sector, so the story goes, are not perfect, but the alternative - having legislatures manage health resources and...

This article analyzes the concept of accountability and the role that managed care organizations play in promoting accountable health care. It examines the challenges to promoting accountable health care by analyzing conflicting goals within managed care and the conflicting interests of various...