Managed competition. An analysis of consumer concerns. Single-Payer Coalition for Health Security

This analysis of managed competition was written by the Single-Payer Coalition for Health Security, a broad-based coalition of groups representing for the most part consumers of health care, including American Public Health Association; Church Women United; Citizen Action; Consumers Union; National Association of Social Workers; National Council of Senior Citizens; Neighbor to Neighbor; NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby; Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union; Older Women's League; Physicians for a National Health Program; Public Citizen; United Cerebral Palsy Associations; and United Church of Christ. What follows is a substantial excerpt from their working paper, issued in January 1993.