It Only Hurts When I Pay: Getting Sick of Our Animus Toward Managed Care?

If it’s true that venting one’s hostilities is conducive to good health, then managed care has been a godsend for Americans. They certainly haven’t bottled up their ill will toward the system. Even as they enjoy badmouthing the setup in general, though, people tend to be largely satisfied by their own medical plans. This could help explain why anti-managed-care sentiment has flagged a bit. A new Harris Interactive survey on the subject finds a decline in the number of people who think managed care will “harm the quality of medical care”—from 59 percent in 2000 to 51 percent this year.