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Florida is coping with the expense of caring for its aged population by emphasizing prevention, education and community-based services rather than hospitalization. For example, South Miami Hospital, in conjunction with a subsidiary of the American Association of Retired Persons, has started a senior center that provides free information on health, financial and other issues. In addition, about 20% of Florida hospitals provide in-home care for the elderly, which can be ten times less expensive than hospitalization. However, Florida's expenses will continue to rise because over 8,000 older Americans migrate to Florida every month.
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The managed care concept is gaining currency in state Medicaid programs. Poor people have normally turned to emergency rooms for primary care, and managed care aims to educate people to use primary care practitioners for preventative care, keeping them healthy and less likely to need emergency rooms. Medicaid budgets have been growing exponentially, and administrators hope managed care will save them money. The percentage of Medicaid recipients covered by managed care programs has risen from 12% in 1992 to nearly 25% by early 1995.
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Several national health care association executives met in Jan 1993 to discuss the future of US health care. They wanted to introduce health care reform that would focus on prevention, affordability and communication. Techniques that would assist in the implementation of these reforms would include alliances and partnerships. Better communication would need to take place among individuals within organizations.
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