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Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 1993 18(1):75-103; DOI:10.1215/03616878-18-1-75
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Razing a Tower of Babel: A Taxonomy for Managed Care and Health Insurance Plans

Jonathan P. Weiner and Gregory de Lissovoy
Johns Hopkins University

To many, the U.S. health care system has become an unintelligible alphabet soup of three-letter health plans. There is little agreement about which characteristics distinguish one type of plan from another. In this article we chip away at what has become a Tower of Babel of managed care and health insurance terminology. We review past and current trends in the market for nontraditional health benefit plans and propose a taxonomy, or system of classification, that will aid in understanding how managed care plans differ from conventional health insurance and from one another. Also included is a comprehensive glossary of terms.




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