Researchers from University of York Detail Findings in Health Services Research (The Real Meaning of “Managed Care”: Adaptive Accumulation and U.S. Health Care)

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2019 AUG 29 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Investigators publish new report on Health and Medicine - Health Services Research. According to news reporting originating from Toronto, Canada, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “The boundaries of what constitutes ‘sufficient’ health have always been open and, as such, health care has proven to be an opportune area for profit growth. In the United States, the allure of health as a market commodity has proven very strong, but even here it cannot be a mere spontaneous product of the market.”

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the University of York, “It requires government to foster and develop public policy that effectively promotes and maintains health care delivery across the population. Historically, U.S. public policy has veered away from anything akin to universal care, and it has typically been understood as an outlier among advanced industrial states. But, simultaneously, it is also the largest health care market in the world, soon to engulf a full fifth of its GDP. In this paper, I argue that the complicated dynamic between a growing market in health delivery and a patchwork of political reforms has encouraged ‘adaptive accumulation,’ a process whereby capital secures optimized accumulation outcomes from enhanced government intervention, deriving extra-market benefits along the way.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “To make this argument, I explore critical components of the health system, including Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, as well as the Affordable Care Act and its aftermath.”

For more information on this research see: The Real Meaning of “Managed Care”: Adaptive Accumulation and U.S. Health Care. International Journal of Health Services, 2019;():002073141986365. International Journal of Health Services can be contacted at: Sage Publications Ltd, 1 Olivers Yard, 55 City Road, London EC1Y 1SP, England.

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting R. Loeppky, University of York, Dept. of Politics, South Ross 631, Toronto, On, Canada.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/0020731419863651. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.