Catastrophic care : how American health care killed my father--and how we can fix it /

"A visionary and completely original investigation that will change the way we think about health care: how and why it is failing, why expanding insurance coverage will only make things worse, and how it can be transformed into a transparent, affordable, successful system. In 2007, David Goldhi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldhill, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • How American health care killed my father
  • Island-speak. Eleven strange things we all believe about health care
  • The hidden beast. The myth of affordable care
  • The disconnect. The absence of consumers in health care
  • The fallacy. Why we always think we need more health care
  • The seduction. Forty-five years of Medicare
  • The mirage of efficiency. Why the cost curve won't bend
  • The tyranny of rules. Why everything is so complicated
  • Last gasp. The ACA and the insurance fixation
  • In search of balance. How should we pay for health care?
  • Green shoots. Foundations of a better system
  • Transition. Can we get there from here?
  • Mae West didn't know health care
  • Appendix 1. Unintended consequences
  • Appendix 2. Déjà vu
  • Appendix 3. Shifting the government's focus to better health.