Letters: Aug. 3, 1998

WHAT YOUR HEALTH PLAN WON'T COVER

"The transformation of the health-care industry into an approximation of the used-car industry is socially irresponsible." SPYROS ANDREOPOULOS Stanford, Calif.

Your report on managed care was balanced and thoughtful and mercifully free of the shrillness that characterizes much of the commentary on this controversial subject [MANAGED CARE 1998, July 13]. Of course, managed care is flawed, but with an aging population and increasingly sophisticated--and expensive--technology, it is becoming almost impossible to align the ideal components of a successful health-care system: access, quality and cost containment. One solution is to make employers provide the sources for...

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