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Return of managed competition urged.(Brief Article)

By Elswick, Jill
Publication: Employee Benefit News
Date: Wednesday, May 1 2002

Often dubbed "the father of managed competition" in health care markets, Stanford economist Alain Enthoven is back on stage - and he's not happy with his progeny's progress.

Although he has touted the concept with varying degrees of fanfare since 1978, fewer than 4% of Fortune 500 companies today employ managed competition as a health benefits economizing strategy, the professor noted at the 2002 annual conference of the Employers Council on Flexible Compensation (ECFC).

"The bad news is they didn't buy my idea. The good news is they can't blame me for the m

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