The main purpose of HMOs and PPOs is to:

A. reduce health care costs for employers and their employees.
B. reduce medical malpractice suits.
C. enable groups of physicians to increase their fees.
D. direct patients to specialists rather than to more expensive primary-care physicians.


Answer: A

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