Priceless Curing the Healthcare Crisis

by Goodman, John C.

• ISBN13: 9781598130836
• ISBN10: 1598130838
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-06-01
• Publisher: Independent Institute

Summary

A no-nonsense approach to health care, this book takes the Affordable Care Act to task and rejects Barack Obama's vision. Arguing that the United States should create a market for sick people, in which health plans vigorously compete to solve the problems of diabetics, asthmatics, heart patients, cancer patients, and others with high expected health care costs, this book maintains that every example of a center of excellenceproducing high-quality, low-cost careoriginated from the supply side of the market, not the demand side. With practical advice on how typical employers can cut employee health costs in half, this handbook also examines a variety of health-related topics, including malpractice, insurance reform, and the institution of a privatized Medicare program.

Author Biography

John C. Goodman is a research fellow at the Independent Institute and a Kellye Wright Fellow in Health Care at the National Center for Policy Analysis, of which he is president. He is the author of more than 50 studies on health policy, retirement reform, and tax issues, as well as nine books, including Leaving Women Behind: Modern Families, Outdated Laws; Lives at Risk: Single Payer National Health Insurance Around the World; and The Patient Power: Solving America's Health Care Crisis. His articles have been featured in publications such as Health Affairs, National Review, and the Wall Street Journal. He lives in Dallas, Texas.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Why We Are Trapped
How Healthcare Is Different	p. 13
Why People Disagree About Health Policy	p. 39
The Consequences of Being Trapped
What Being Trapped Means to You	p. 55
Why Do We Spend So Much on Healthcare?	p. 67
Why Is There a Problem with Quality?	p. 95
Why Is There a Problem with Access to Care?	p. 107
Why Can't You Buy Real Health Insurance?	p. 123
Letting People Out of the Trap
Empowering Patients	p. 143
Liberating Institutions	p. 158
Designing Ideal Health Insurance	p. 171
Solving the Problem of Patient Safety	p. 189
The Do-No-Harm Approach to Public Policy	p. 201
Letting Government Out of the Trap
Reforming Medicare	p. 221
Reforming Medicaid	p. 244
Understanding the New Healthcare Law	p. 257
What Most Needs Repealing and Replacing in the New Healthcare Law	p. 287
Conclusion	p. 309
Notes	p. 315
Index	p. 355
About the Author	p. 371
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