The heart of the matter -- The evolution of the French medicine -- Coping with physicians' conflicts of interest in France -- The rise of a protected medical market : the United States before 1950 -- The commercial transformation : the United States, 1950-1980 -- The logic of medical markets :...

As most Americans know, conflicts of interest riddle the US health care system. They result from physicians practicing medicine as entrepreneurs, from physicians' ties to pharma, and from investor-owned firms and insurers' influence over physicians' medial choices. These conflicts raise...

As most Americans know, conflicts of interest riddle the US health care system. They result from physicians practicing medicine as entrepreneurs, from physicians' ties to pharma, and from investor-owned firms and insurers' influence over physicians' medial choices. These conflicts raise...

As most Americans know, conflicts of interest riddle the US health care system. They result from physicians practicing medicine as entrepreneurs, from physicians' ties to pharma, and from investor-owned firms and insurers' influence over physicians' medical choices. These conflicts raise...

Most states have laws that allow patients to appeal to an independent review organization when their health plan or insurer deems a service unnecessary or experimental and denies coverage. The Affordable Care Act requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop standards for...

This article contrasts the prevailing model for assessing and improving medical care - the quality of care paradigm - with an alternative approach - the patient accountability paradigm. The first approach is technocratic: it measures and promotes the quality of medical care through technical and...

This article examines the problems consumers face in managed care organizations and analyzes the emerging legal approaches to consumer protection in state legislation. It reviews the main problems consumers face in other contexts, and the legal and economic tools used to protect them and...

The idea that physicians are or should be fiduciaries for their patients is a dominant metaphor in medical ethics and law. This article examines the metaphor and asks several questions. How far does the law play out this metaphor in the way it treats doctors? What are the limits in this way of...

Since the late 1960s the U.S. has attempted to develop a strategy for controlling the rate of growth of health care spending. During the 1970s this strategy relied heavily on various forms of regulation. Some regulatory programs were partially successful in moderating spending increases, but...