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The practice of giving people a choice of more than one health insurance or health program to pay for or provide their health services. Usually done by employers who offer employees more than one group health insurance program, or a health insurance program and a prepaid group practice to choose from as a benefit of their employment. Characteristic of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Required by the HMO Act, of employers with respect to qualified HMOs (section 1310 of the PHS Act).<\/p>\n

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The practice of giving people a choice of more than one health insurance or health program to pay for or provide their health services. Usually done by employers who offer employees more than one group health insurance program, or a health insurance program and a prepaid group practice to choose from as a benefit of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-d"],"yoast_head":"\nDual choice - Definition of Dual choice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The practice of giving people a choice of more than one health insurance or health program to pay for or provide their health services. 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