Question

• What is Managed Care?
• How many Americans are enrolled in Managed Care plans?
• Is there a model healthcare system you think works and may be used to reform the current U.S. healthcare system?

Answer 1

Managed care - an organized effort by health plans and providers to use financial incentives and organizational

arrangements to alter provider and patient behavior so that health care services are delivered and utilized in a more efficient and lower cost manner.

Currently 60 billion Americans are enrolled in Managed Care plans .

In a low and middle income country I would recommend a single-payer system. Either the Bismarck or the Beveridge model would suffice. I say that because in the US, many low income people cannot afford insurance and therefore are not covered at all. In countries utilizing a single-payer system everyone is covered regardless of their income.