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...plan could be more grist for the mill of anti-HMO rhetoric. "This takes the power to prescribe out of the doctors' hands and puts it in the bureaucrats' court, all in the name of cost-cutting," says Gorman. "This is exactly the sort of thing that gives HMOs a bad reputation in the first place...
Last fall, she negotiated a health maintenance organization reform package with the governor. She then sponsored a measure in the assembly giving patients the right to sue their HMOs under certain circumstances...
...their judgment could have sweeping ramifications for the health care industry. Some speculate the Court will keep a relatively hands-off approach, leaving the bulk of the decision-making to Congress. On the other hand, it could instigate an aggressive investigation into the constitutionality of legislation that largely protects HMOs from being sued for denial of service. A defense lawyer may have inadvertently hit the nail on the head when he said, "It is no exaggeration to suggest that the future of medical care in its delivery and its regulations are implicated by this case. If my client's setup...
...general public has spent the last 10 years dealing with HMOs - and now it's time to drag the members of the Supreme Court into the fun. For the first time, the Court will consider a case that addresses one of the most combustible aspects of the health care debate: Should patients be allowed to sue health maintenance organizations when they believe they have been denied treatment because a doctor had a financial incentive...
HPHC is one of three major HMOs in the state. If HPHC is dissolved, its 1.1 million subscribers--which include many Harvard employees--will be turned over to other health-care providers. This reduced competition could result in higher premiums and poorer care. It would also mean the loss of what once was a premier non-profit HMO in the country, a valuable counter-balance to the powerful for-profit HMOs that dominate the health-care industry. Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly has rightly expressed a preference to keep the HMO a non-profit organization, so that premiums...