Cherry-Picking
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Cherry-Picking

(1) A popular term for the practice by insurers of selling policies to those who do not need them, then dropping those who are insured when they do need the policies
(2) A highly colloquial term for the acceptance of patients based solely on their ability to pay—i.e., with insurance or cash—while turning away the indigent or poor

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Berry Picking Operation			Risk Selection Risk selection is often also termed cream skimming or cherry picking. Equality and choice in public services by Le Grand, Julian / Social Research He deprecates claims made by, among others, the Heritage Foundation, the Education Trust, KIPP Academies, Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom, and Jaime Escalante's biographers, insisting that the achievements don't amount to much or couldn't be replicated or that the schools engage in cream skimming. Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic, and Educational Reform to ... by Education Next To address the problems of adverse selection and cream skimming, some payers have been experimenting with various statistical approaches to "risk adjustment," with the goal being to level the proverbial "playing field. Can Transplant Centers Afford Equity? by Evans, Roger / Transplant News			cratered crateriform craterization Craterostomum cravat cravat bandage cravat bandage for clenched fist cravat bandage for fracture of the clavicle cravat elbow bandage cravat sling bandage Craving craw crawl crawling reflex crayfish crayon Crazing crazing of plastic teeth crazy chick disease crazy cow syndrome Crazy Pavement Appearance Crazy Tobacco CRD cream Cream Cheese Appearance Cream Skimming creams crease creat- creatinase creatine creatine kinase creatine kinase isoenzyme Creatine Kinase Test creatine phosphate creatine phosphokinase creatine phosphokinase test creatinemia creatininase creatinine creatinine clearance creatinine clearance test creatinine height index Creatinine Test creatinuria Creationism Creative Arts Therapy creativity creatorrhea Credé's maneuver Crede's method			Cream gauge cream ice cream jug Cream laid Cream Lemon Cream nut Cream nut Cream nut Cream of lime cream of society cream of tartar cream of tartar cream of tartar Cream of tatar Cream of tatar Cream of tatar Cream of the Crop Cream of Wheat cream off cream pitcher cream puff cream puffs Cream rinse Cream rinse Cream rinse Cream rinse cream sauce cream sauce Cream sherry Cream sherry Cream Skimming cream soda cream sodas Cream Soup Bowl and Lid Set cream tea cream teas cream violet cream-colored cream-colored courser Cream-colored Woodpecker Cream-coloured Courser cream-coloured coursers cream-coloured coursers cream-crackered Cream-faced Cream-fruit cream-of-tartar tree cream-puff Cream-slice Cream-white Creamcake creamcups creamed creamed creamed creamed creamed creamed off creamed off creamed off creamed off

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Cherry-Picking (redirected from Cream Skimming)

Cherry-Picking
(redirected from Cream Skimming)