{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Harvard Gazette","provider_url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette","author_name":"harvardgazette","author_url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/author\/harvardgazette\/","title":"At HMOs, Medicaid patients fare worse than others &#8212; Harvard Gazette","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kSAZWx1ELg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2007\/10\/at-hmos-medicaid-patients-fare-worse-than-others\/\">At HMOs, Medicaid patients fare worse than others<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2007\/10\/at-hmos-medicaid-patients-fare-worse-than-others\/embed\/#?secret=kSAZWx1ELg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;At HMOs, Medicaid patients fare worse than others&#8221; &#8212; Harvard Gazette\" data-secret=\"kSAZWx1ELg\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Once viewed as a panacea to the nation\u2019s health care problems, HMOs have fallen out of favor. Commercially insured patients who flooded into HMOs, or managed care, in the early 1990s left in droves by the end of the decade. Medicaid patients, however, don\u2019t always have the luxury of choosing their health plans, and the proportion of Medicaid beneficiaries enrolling in HMOs continues to increase."}