This article reviews the five-year experience of the Key Plan, a county-operated, prepaid health plan for certain persons eligible for Medicaid. Reasons for the Plan's failure to increase enrollment and to reach financial self-sufficiency are analyzed. Prospects for the Contra Costa Health Plan, a health maintenance organization evolving from the Key Plan, are discussed in light of this experience.
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Copyright © 1981 by the Dept. of Health Administration, Duke University
1981
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