American Business and Health Care Reform: BUSINESS AND THE POLICY PROCESS BUSINESS OPINION ON HEALTH CARE REFORM BUSINESS AND MANAGED COMPETITION BUSINESS DISAGREEMENTS OVER HEALTH CARE REFORM BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM NOTE REFERENCES

American business is the purchaser of a third of all health services and supplies in the United States. As a major purchaser, business has a clear stake in keeping health care costs under control Yet, despite efforts to control costs and a variety of political interventions over a 20-year period, bu...

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Published in:The American behavioral scientist (Beverly Hills) 1993-07, Vol.36 (6), p.802
Main Author: Bergthold, Linda A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business
Business communication
Employees
Health care expenditures
Health care policy
Health insurance
Insurance coverage
Leadership
Politics
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Summary:American business is the purchaser of a third of all health services and supplies in the United States. As a major purchaser, business has a clear stake in keeping health care costs under control Yet, despite efforts to control costs and a variety of political interventions over a 20-year period, business has not been able to have a substantial impact on the growth of the medical care industry Within the context of this failure to affect costs, it seems logical that business leaders would aggressively pursue comprehensive reform Yet opinion polls show deep splits between and among segments of business over how to effect reform. This article examines the way in which business becomes involved in the policy process, areas of consensus and disagreement over health care reform within the business community, the business view of managed competition and the Clinton administration's reform plan, and possibilities for future business support of comprehensive health care reform.
ISSN:0002-7642
1552-3381