Thomas W. Hazlett

Managed care provides high-quality, low-cost medical care to consumers, Thomas W. Hazlett argues in the following viewpoint. Doctors who complain that they can not properly treat patients under managed care are really just complaining about a decrease in their status and income, he contends. Moreover, Hazlett maintains that patients report high levels of satisfaction with managed care. Thomas W. Hazlett is an economist at the University of California at Davis and a resident scholar at the Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. According to the author, who has been more successful in making sure most people have access to health care?
2. What does Hazlett say was the annual medical cost inflation in the peak year of 1991?
3. According to Hazlett, how do...