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...this was any other profession, such statements might be grounds for a restraining order. But this is the NHL. Gary Bettman doesn’t process PPOs. So, Moore was forced to listen to that and know that someone was going to chase him down...
...POSs or PPOs require PCPs? Woe is the new hire who must choose from a menu of health-care plans: a health-maintenance organization (HMO), preferred-provider organization (PPO), point-of-service program (POS) or fee-for-service plan (FFS). An explanation...
...gatekeeper means more direct access to care. Recently, PPOS have emerged as the leaders of the pack. Most adopted a $10 co-payment to MDs within their networks, originally an HMO feature. Unlike HMOs, the PPOS do not require their doctors to seek approval before performing services. PPOS have also become more competitive as HMO premiums have risen...
...under so-called managed care: 20% in health-maintenance organizations, which provide all or most medical services under one roof, and 44% in preferred-provider organizations, which negotiate prices in advance with certain doctors and hospitals. Although adherents fiercely debate their relative merits, the principle of HMOS and PPOS is the same: controlling costs by having the insurer "manage"--that is, limit--the consumer's choices...
...forced into HMOs because that's all they would be able to afford," says Representative Jim McDermott, a Democrat from Washington State who has proposed a "single-payer" health-care system similar to the one in Canada. White House officials privately explain that pushing more Americans into HMOs and PPOs is crucial to cost control, but that is a point the President prefers not to discuss...