1.   No one would deny that the barriers which prevent patient access to medicines in the developing world must be broken down.

2.   -- Regulating managed-care plans to improve patient access to needed services.

3.   HMOs restrict patient access to doctors and services.

4.   In addition, HMOs would face competition from other types of health plans that place less restrictions on patient access to services and doctors.

5.   In managed care, health plans and insurers control costs by monitoring patient access to specialists, hospitals and medical testing and technology.

6.   It would require health insurers to guarantee patient access to specialists, OB-GYNs, breast cancer treatment, clinical trials and emergency rooms without prior authorization.

7.   MedPartners said it expects the changes to improve patient access to care by eliminating the need for them to visit several offices for different procedures.

8.   Missouri is only one of many states that are inventing novel approaches to throttle down the galloping cost increases and improve patient access at the same time.

9.   Moon said the private fee issue is more about doctor incomes than patient access.

10.   Several bills are pending in Congress that respond to consumer anxiety over the rising power of insurers to control patient access health care.