Healthy Competition What's Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It,

by Cannon, Michael F.; Tanner, Michael D.

• ISBN13: 9781933995106
• ISBN10: 1933995106
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-10
• Publisher: CATO INSTITUTE

Summary

Government control has driven health care costs sky-high at the same time that it has reduced the quality of care. As America's health care system cries out for reform, should policymakers embrace even more government planning, or should they fight for more individual freedom? In this updated edition of their 2005 book, the authors tackle proposals that would let government manage even more of America's health care sector. The continuing problem of ever-rising health care costs makes this book as timely as ever.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Preface to the Second Edition	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Introduction: What Can Competition Do for Patients?	p. 1
The State of America's Health Care System
What's Right	p. 17
Real Problems	p. 27
Misdiagnosis
How Not to Reform Health Care	p. 33
Underlying Diseases, Strong Medicine
Too Much of a Good Thing Can Be Very Bad	p. 51
Tax Policy and Health Care	p. 67
Government Health Programs	p. 81
Choice and Competition, or Controls?	p. 115
Medical Malpractice Reform	p. 143
Conclusion	p. 149
Notes	p. 153
Index	p. 179
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