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The Right to Complain The Right to Complain
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Citizenship and Privatizing the Colonial Welfare State Citizenship and Privatizing the Colonial Welfare State
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Novel Forms of Liability and Their Complaints Novel Forms of Liability and Their Complaints
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Regulation of Complaints Processing Regulation of Complaints Processing
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A Fast-Track Appeal A Fast-Track Appeal
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The Vigorous Processing of Complaints at Acme The Vigorous Processing of Complaints at Acme
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Complaints as Safety Valves Complaints as Safety Valves
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When the Safety Valve Fails: Mental Health Complaints When the Safety Valve Fails: Mental Health Complaints
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Unregistered Complaints Unregistered Complaints
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Complaining as a Citizen Complaining as a Citizen
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Conclusions: Complaining as Citizenship? Conclusions: Complaining as Citizenship?
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5 Complaints: The Wrong Glucometer … Again!
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Published:August 2014
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Abstract
This chapter explores the contradicting nature of private companies with regards to protecting their beneficiaries, highlighting that the companies themselves violate one's rights through their complaints system. In a market-based health care system, consumers are supposed to express dissatisfaction through purchasing decisions like opting to join a higher-performing health plan or to visit a better-rated doctor. Members of private Medicare plans can and do complain but with more significant regulations in place for Medicare health plans that govern the receipt and processing of consumer complaints. Drawing from interviews with Medicare beneficiaries, the chapter notes that the consumer complaints system appears to help beneficiaries however, in reality, it limits beneficiaries' rights and avenues to redress because it narrowly channeled how beneficiaries were permitted to complain, to whom they may complain, and finally what kinds of issues were deemed legitimate and actionable.
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