How do physicians feel about managed care?
A survey of more than 7,000 physicians indicates that gatekeeping arrangements in primary care affect physicians’ satisfaction with their career. Physicians in solo and 2-physician practices are least satisfied with their careers and reported more constraints on their clinical freedom and income than physicians in other settings. More: Managed care affects where physicians practice and when they retire. (Posted 10/02) An economic justification for subsidizing terrorism insurance. Calls for government intervention are common after major catastrophes, but they seldom correct fundamental deficiencies in the private market for insurance. However, the case of terrorism is significantly different. When one target protects itself against terrorism, alternative targets become more attractive to terrorists. Therefore, protection can have negative effects on society at large that are not considered by an individual target. The result can be too much protection by individuals. The government coul
