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Health Affairs, Vol 18, Issue 4, 69-85
Copyright © 1999 by Project HOPE

Journal Article

Legal challenges to managed care cost containment programs: an initial assessment

The success of managed care cost containment innovations depends on many factors, including how courts decide litigation challenging various cost containment initiatives. Although such litigation is just emerging, enough cases have been reported to enable an initial assessment of court rulings. To date there is no evidence that courts have systematically impeded cost containment initiatives. Few courts seem willing to usurp legislative choices in formulating health policy or to obstruct the market in organizing and delivering health care services. The anticipated role of the courts as policymakers in shaping health care delivery has yet to emerge.

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