The Modern Health Care Maze: Development and Effects of the Four-Party System.

The writers seek to unravel the daunting complexity of the national health care system. They focus on the four-party payment system—composed of first-party patients, second-party providers, third-party payers, and fourth-party employers—upon which, despite its obvious deficiencies, most contemporar...

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Published in:Independent Review Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 45 - 71
Main Authors: Kroncke, Charles, White, Ronald F.
Format: Article
Published: Independent Institute Summer 2009
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