Should competition among health care organizations

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Much of what is happening in the health care sector is based upon and driven by ‘competition.’ Should competition among health care organizations (e.g. hospitals, physicians, integrated health systems, and managed care plans) be restrained and regulated by government policy? Using the concepts, principles, and material about policy and economics to argue in favor of and then in opposition to that type of policy.

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