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Medicare Managed Care: HCFA Missing Opportunities to Provide Consumer Information

T-HEHS-97-109 Published: Apr 10, 1997. Publicly Released: Apr 10, 1997.
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GAO discussed: (1) Medicare beneficiaries' need for comparative information on health maintenance organizations (HMO); and (2) steps the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) could take to meet that need promptly.

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