Module 02 Written Assignment - Outline and Annotated Bibliography

MYTH OF MANAGED CARE 1

The myth of Managed Care

Marion Allen

Rasmussen College

Foundations of Managed Care

May 31, 2020

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Part 1: Outline

The main myth that drew my attention is that managed care is that HMOs threaten the

quality of care. HMOs equal (bad) for-profit medicine. This research shall report on the validity

or invalidity of this myth. From my point of view, the myth is invalid as it will be supported by

the points highlighted below:

1) The goal of HMOs is to ensure that there is enough health care is available to society at the

most affordable means.

2) HMOs exist as insurance set up for the cultural aspects of the people. This is due to the

presence of the domineering medicinal culture in this land.

The topics in this writing shall include:

1) Fact elaboration-this will describe the fact about the myth presented here. It is factual to say

that 0.89 of members of HMOs in Massachusetts are non-profit mind oriented. Most of the

members here are among the excellent members of the country (Luft, 1980).

2) The impact of the myth to the public. It takes the bold citizens to refute this myth, and

probably, the teenagers are in the light of successfully rebutting it. Under this topic, I shall

include two subtopics which include:

2a) The impact of the myth on the teenagers

2b) The effect of the myth on the seniors. Society is made to believe in the worse managed

health care.

3) The impact of the myth on the objective of HMOs (Relman & Reinhardt,1986). The main aim

of HMOs is to enhance excellent health care that many citizens can afford.

4) Impact of the myth on the economy.

The following are the sub-topics under this topic:

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4a) Impact on the local economy.

4b) Impact on the global economy.

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Part 2: Annotated Bibliography

Christianson, J. B., Sanchez, S. M., Wholey, D. R., & Shadle, M. (1991). The HMO industry:

Evolution in population demographics and market structures. Medical Care Review,

48(1), 3-46.

The authors, Christianson et al., reviewed the topic under the HMO industry and came up

with a conclusion that HMOs were in existence in the 1980s and helped in improving the lives of

the citizens in the United States. They wrote that the prolonged stay of the patients in the

hospitals made people include political oppositions. The contribution of these authors is useful in

this research as it helps in analyzing the impact of the myth on the various individuals in society,

specifically the seniors who spread political stories. It helps in determining the validity of the

myth.

Luft, H. S. (1980). Assessing the evidence on HMO performance. The Milbank Memorial Fund

Quarterly. Health and Society, 501-536.

Luft is an author who contributed to the literature concerning the profit issue related to

the HMOs. It is evidenced that prepaid services have been in place for a long time in the USA,

and thus this constitutes the culture of health providers. In writing, this author explains how

traditional medicine men view managed care. It is done in a way to reduce the cost of operations

to ensure that the physicians receive huge profits. This author's contribution is vital as it sheds

light on what to talk about in my research concerning the impact of the myth concerning

profitability issues.

Relman, A. S., & Reinhardt, U. E. (1986). Debating for-profit health care and the ethics of

physicians. Health Affairs, 5(2), 5-31.

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Relman and Reinhardt Wrote about the for-profit and the ethics of the physicians. The

physicians in this context form the part of the community in which my study intends to study

how the myth at hand impacts it. Thus, using this knowledge, this research shall be sufficient.

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References

Christianson, J. B., Sanchez, S. M., Wholey, D. R., & Shadle, M. (1991). The HMO industry:

Evolution in population demographics and market structures. Medical Care Review,

48(1), 3-46.

Luft, H. S. (1980). Assessing the evidence on HMO performance. The Milbank Memorial Fund

Quarterly. Health and Society, 501-536.

Relman, A. S., & Reinhardt, U. E. (1986). Debating for-profit health care and the ethics of

physicians. Health Affairs, 5(2), 5-31.

Comment Summary Page 1

1. Capitaize "Myth". Page 2

2. Provide a strong thesis statement outlines the path that your project will follow.

Remember to reflect on an argumentative point of view (through an assumption or myth).

Outline should support thesis, listing topics and sub-topics for your project. Page 3

3. You are missing your conclusion. Page 4

4. This part is indented also. Please review the Annotated Bibliography link that was provided on Module twos' web ex session.