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...study published last week found that managed care patients receive higher quality care, on average, if they are covered by not-for-profit health maintenance organizations (HMOs) than if they are covered by for-profit HMOs...
...study has far-reaching implications since so many Americans use for-profit HMOs, according to the study's authors...
...large proportion of Americans are getting their care in HMOs," said Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. Steffie J. Woolhandler, who co-authored the study with Associate Professor David U. Himmlestein...
...These new HMOs that dominate the market are primarily for-profit," Woolhandler said. "And little is known about the quality of care in those plans...
...Republicans came back to pass similar, but more limited, measures that would cover only the 48 million enrolled in federally regulated plans. And by a 53-to-47 vote on Thursday, the Senate struck down the Democrats' centerpiece: a provision enlarging the rights of many patients to sue their HMOs for the denial of treatment. In the wings, President Clinton waited, hinting that he'll veto any watered-down legislation and essentially hand the issue over to voters in next year's elections...