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List of Tables and Figures | p. xi |
Preface | p. xiii |
Acknowledgments | p. xv |
Problems with the U.S. Health Care System | |
The Promise and Disappointment of U.S. Medical Care | p. 3 |
How Much We Spend | p. 15 |
What We Get for What We Spend | p. 34 |
Trouble in the Delivery Subsystem | p. 49 |
Solutions | |
Why the Problems Need to Be Solved and the Goals of Reform | p. 71 |
What Caused These Problems, and How Can We Attack Them? | p. 94 |
Competition and the Market or the Public Sector? | p. 120 |
Elements of a Solution for Increasing Access to Health Care, Improving Quality of Care, and Containing Health Care Expenditures | p. 152 |
Politics! | |
A Short History of Health Care Reform Efforts | p. 181 |
The Politics of Reform: Elements of a Strategy to Break the Logjam | p. 206 |
Strategy and Compromise | p. 227 |
Notes | p. 253 |
Index | p. 281 |
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