Instead, it makes up the difference from patients with traditional fee-for-service coverage, a tactic called cost-shifting.

Empire got into trouble because it couldn't control the cost of its traditional fee-for-service coverage.

The vast majority of participants choose the Government's fee-for-service coverage.

There are three variations of traditional fee-for-service coverage: basic, major medical, and comprehensive.

Even so, managed-care costs are rising less than the cost of fee-for-service coverage.

The commission plan did not, however, guarantee that the elderly would get enough money from the government to allow them to stay in fee-for-service coverage.

Or they could choose fee-for-service coverage, which provides a wide choice of doctors but at considerably higher cost.

Aetna is a traditional insurance company that until recently emphasized fee-for-service coverage.

When it was created in the 1960's, Medicare gave the elderly the same fee-for-service coverage that everyone else used.

The bill would also force employers to subsidize workers who choose expensive fee-for-service coverage.