Do California trends foreshadow national ones?

Take a look at what's in California's future, and maybe yours as well, through the California Healthcare Association's recently released report, California Health Care 1998-2005: View of the Future. Key themes in this year's report include incremental health care reform, expanded access to health care coverage for the uninsured, purchasers refocusing on price and quality, and integration in rural health care. Preferred provider organizations will regain popularity, and fewer physicians will remain in solo practice.