Patient rights meet managed care: understanding the underlying conflicts
Hastings, D.A.
Journal of Health Law 31(3): 241-289
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 1526-2472 PMID: 10620831 Document Number: 490880
During the past several years, one of the favored areas for legislative (and editorial) debate in our Nation has been the proper level of legal protections that should be accorded to those individuals who have chosen to become members of managed care plans. As examined in the following article, this debate often rages with little notice being paid to the underlying conflicts between managed care and "patient's rights." Indeed, at times, the vociferousness of the debate obscures even those instances in which there is little fundamental conflict.