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Letter to the Editor
Published Online: 6 July 2001

Optimism Will Prevail

Harold I. Eist, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations
Publication: Psychiatric News
Volume 36, Number 13
https://doi.org/10.1176/pn.36.13.0034
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Dr. Jerry M. Wiener alluded to me in his letter in the April 20 issue. He was evidently quoting a Psychiatric News report that claimed I had “inveterate optimism” regarding negotiations with managed care. Dr. Wiener confesses that he has learned the folly of such optimism.
It is true I am an optimistic person and that I firmly believe we will ultimately prevail over managed care, as I have been saying for years. Indeed there was a recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association describing the death of managed care. This represents a major change from the defeatist position of most of organized medicine of just a few years ago that managed care is here to stay.
My optimism is about the defeat of managed care, and the negotiations I would recommend are the terms of their surrender.

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Dr. Eist is a former president of APA.

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Volume 36 • Number 13 • July 6, 2001
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Harold I. Eist, M.D.
Bethesda, Md.
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