The managed-care organizations call people consumers so that they don't have to think of them as patients.

The managed-care organizations typically limit a patient's choice of doctors, hospitals and therapies.

The unions are helping doctors take on managed-care organizations in other areas.

Why not protect yourself right now, the woman asked, and sign up for the managed-care organization she represented?

One way they do it is by making discount deals with managed-care organizations, which serve millions of patients and place huge drug orders.

Around the country, some managed-care organizations are devoted to serving Medicaid patients and make a profit doing so.

"Doctors and managed-care organizations are requesting the fact sheets from this study," she said.

One way to do that, she said, is to take advantage of electronic health records from managed-care organizations.

The new law requires health insurance companies and managed-care organizations to pay for up to 15 visits to a chiropractor each year.

The managed-care organizations that are trying to take care of kids who are hospitalized need a place like ours.