MEDICAL CARE: THE SOUL OF AN HMO

(15 of 15)

It also declared that Health Net's interference in the doctor-patient relationship fit the legal definition of "extreme and outrageous behavior exceeding all bounds usually tolerated in a civilized society."

Or maybe it's just medicine on the far side of the paradigm shift. Says Dr. Ho: "I'm sorry the panel didn't see that Health Net was doing what was best for the patient, which was to deny the treatment as investigational, and which in the end was proven the right decision."

Quotes of the Day »

Get & Share
SEN. MARK BEGICH, D-Alaska, after the Postal Service reversed a decision that would have discontinued the Santa's Mailbag program due to privacy concerns
For use in rail of Articles page or Section Fronts pages. Duplicate and change name as necesssary to distinguish.

Time.com on Digg

POWERED BY digg

Quotes of the Day »

Get & Share
SEN. MARK BEGICH, D-Alaska, after the Postal Service reversed a decision that would have discontinued the Santa's Mailbag program due to privacy concerns

Stay Connected with TIME.com