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Provides a comprehensive look at the US health care system, including how the current system evolved, how the health care sector behaves, and a detailed analysis of 'the good, the bad, and the ugly' parts of the system - from technological advances (the 'good') to variations in treatment patterns (the 'bad') to hidden costs and perverse incentives (the 'ugly').

Table of Contents
  • Foreword by John Raisian
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER ONE
  • How Did We Get into this Mess, and Why Will It Get Worse?
  • CHAPTER TWO
  • When Is Less Insurance Better than More?
  • CHAPTER THREE
  • How Does Good Technology Go Bad? A Tale of Two Cities (and More)
  • CHAPTER FOUR
  • Why Is the Employer-Paid Foundation of Health Insurance Riddled with Termites?
  • CHAPTER FIVE
  • Do Dollars Distort Doctor’s Decisions?
  • CHAPTER SIX
  • Why Are We All Killing Ourselves? 105
  • CHAPTER SEVEN
  • Why Is Our K–12 Educational System a Public Health Menace?
  • CHAPTER EIGHT
  • Where Does the Congress Miss Opportunities and Hit Potholes?
  • References
  • About the Author
  • About the Hoover Institution’s Working Group on Health Care Policy
  • Index

Eight Questions You Should Ask about Our Health

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      Publisher: Hoover Institution Press,U.S.
      Publication Date: 30/07/2010
      ISBN13: 9780817910549, 978-0817910549
      ISBN10: 0817910549
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Provides a comprehensive look at the US health care system, including how the current system evolved, how the health care sector behaves, and a detailed analysis of 'the good, the bad, and the ugly' parts of the system - from technological advances (the 'good') to variations in treatment patterns (the 'bad') to hidden costs and perverse incentives (the 'ugly').

      Table of Contents
      • Foreword by John Raisian
      • Preface
      • Acknowledgments
      • CHAPTER ONE
      • How Did We Get into this Mess, and Why Will It Get Worse?
      • CHAPTER TWO
      • When Is Less Insurance Better than More?
      • CHAPTER THREE
      • How Does Good Technology Go Bad? A Tale of Two Cities (and More)
      • CHAPTER FOUR
      • Why Is the Employer-Paid Foundation of Health Insurance Riddled with Termites?
      • CHAPTER FIVE
      • Do Dollars Distort Doctor’s Decisions?
      • CHAPTER SIX
      • Why Are We All Killing Ourselves? 105
      • CHAPTER SEVEN
      • Why Is Our K–12 Educational System a Public Health Menace?
      • CHAPTER EIGHT
      • Where Does the Congress Miss Opportunities and Hit Potholes?
      • References
      • About the Author
      • About the Hoover Institution’s Working Group on Health Care Policy
      • Index

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