Lives at Risk Single-Payer National Health Insurance Around the World

by Goodman, John C.; Musgrave, Gerald L.; Herrick, Devon M.; Friedman, Milton

• ISBN13: 9780742541528
• ISBN10: 0742541525
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-13
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Lives at Risk identifies 20 myths about health care as delivered in countries that have national health insurance. These myths have gained the status of fact in both the United States and abroad, even though the evidence shows a far different reality. The authors also explore the political and economic climate of the health care system and offer alternatives to the current health care public policies.

Author Biography

Devon M. Herrick is a senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: Thinking about Reform	1	(16)
Part I Twenty Myths
1 Rights	17	(10)
2 Equality	27	(16)
3 Needs	43	(6)
4 Outcomes	49	(10)
5 Technology	59	(8)
6 Quality	67	(10)
7 Costs	77	(8)
8 Efficiency	85	(8)
9 Unnecessary Care	93	(12)
10 Administrative Costs	105	(10)
11 Priorities	115	(4)
12 Prevention	119	(10)
13 Managed Care	129	(14)
14 International Competitiveness	143	(4)
15 The Elderly	147	(6)
16 Minorities	153	(6)
17 Rural Areas	159	(8)
18 Prescription Drugs	167	(10)
19 Public Opinion	177	(6)
20 Reform	183	(4)
Part II The Politics and Economics of Health Care Systems
21 The Politics of Medicine	187	(14)
22 Is Managed Competition the Answer?	201	(16)
Part III Reforming the U.S. Health Care System
23 Designing an Ideal Health Care System	217	(18)
24 Designing Ideal Health Insurance	235	(20)
Afterword	255	(2)
Index	257	(6)
About the Authors	263