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Excerpt from Health Care Reform, Vol. 11: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 3800
As you are aware, we have witnessed a rapid spread of provider networks in recent years, a trend that has accelerated with the pros ect of significant Federal health care reform. The major pro pos s at the center of congressional health debate, including Presi dent Clinton's Health Security Act and Representative Cooper's Managed Competition Act, h.r. 3222, propose a central role for such networks in the future delivery of health care services.
From the consumer perspective, however, the growth of such net works raises very serious questions regarding access to care in urban neighborhoods. Two, fair access to coverage for consumers in 'those communities, as well as the adequacy of proposed - three, of proposed oversight of consumer protections, each of which I will brie?y address here today.
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