Over the next 15 months, California expects to enroll 456, 000 people in managed care in what will be the biggest program of its kind ever tried.

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Kaiser Permanente, the large managed-care organization, has started a training program for pharmacists that includes confirming the directions for use and stressing the importance of taking medication as prescribed.

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However, the program's appeal is limited because it allows only managed care companies to participate, and these companies severely restrict patient choice of doctors and hospitals.

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When the feds coaxed states to expand their Medicaid programs up to 133% of FPL, they wanted to make sure that kids followed their parents into the program (presumably so that families would be covered under the same insurance schemes, making managed care easier).

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