Healthcare - Managed Care - Policy Change Memo

Memorandum

To : The Commissioner of Health and the United States Congress

Fr : Concerned Citizens

Re : Managed Care Policies

The concerned citizens of this country as taxpayers and beneficiaries of health care programs of the government seek to propose some changes in the policies governing managed care programs . The Managed Care program currently works in a way wherein the member enrolled therein could go through and avail medical services at affordable prices through an agreement with participating hospitals (New Jersey Office of Administrative Law . New Jersey Administrative Code . Retrieved from

website http /www .state .nj .us /dobi /division_insurance /managedcare /omc /njac11c24 .pdf . The charges for the doctor 's fees and operations are considerably lower than the rates normally charged thus the citizens are really enticed to avail of the benefits of a health care program by the government . Health insurance is a necessity due to the rising incidents of sickness among people brought about by unhealthy lifestyle , poor diet and the high level of stress within the society . As a result , many individuals try but fail to have a good insurance through a managed care program . The failure to enroll in a good health care provider is due to the present economic state that our country is facing today . The common practice is that the employer would enroll all of their employees in a managed care program through a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO Provider Organizations (PPO , or Point-of-Service (POS (American Heart Association , 2009 ,

. 1 . A lot of Americans are...