Managed health care can be overwhelming for both the provider and the patient.

Managed health care can be overwhelming for both the provider and the patient. However, one way to understand its complexities can be to examine its history and how its evolution produced the present picture of managed health care, its structure, and how it affects providers and patients.

Respond to the following prompts in your initial post:

1. Which type of managed care plan would you want for yourself and your family?
2. Based on the history of the individual managed care plan and how it evolved into their current state, explain why you chose the particular type of managed care plan. 
3. How could the managed care plan benefit both you, as the policyholder, and the provider