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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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2013.
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| 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.