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Direct Access for Women In Managed Care Plans. (Special Analysis).

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| January 01, 1999 | Gold, Rachel Benson | COPYRIGHT 1999 Guttmacher Institute. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

American women repeatedly have expressed the view that reproductive health care is basic care to which they should have "direct access"--that is, without first having to get permission either from a managed care plan or from a primary care provider within the plan. The managed care industry, along with state and federal policymakers, is responding in a variety of ways. But translating this principle into practice remains a significant challenge.

With the demise of national health care reform in 1993, attention largely has shifted from broad-based systemic reform toward limited, incremental approaches to discrete issues. In the intervening years, Congress and the ...

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