American Health Care Blues Blue Cross, Hmos and Pragmatic Reform Since 1960

American Health Care Blues is the first book in over thirty years to examine the special role of Blue Cross in the transformation of the health care industry to managed care. It tells the story of how national trade association leaders of America's loose confederation of independent Blue Cross plans, the world's largest private health insurer, got their membership to diversify -- despite local plan reluctance and national organized medicine resistance -- into HMOs.Miller, Irwin is the author of 'American Health Care Blues Blue Cross, Hmos and Pragmatic Reform Since 1960' with ISBN 9780765807236 and ISBN 0765807238.