Title: Restoring quality health care : a six-point plan for comprehensive reform at lower cost /
Authors: Atlas, Scott W., 1955-; Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Year: 2016
Subjects: Health care reform United States; Health care reform Economic aspects United States.; Medical care, Cost of United States; Health insurance United States; Health insurance Government policy United States; Medical policy United States; Health Care Reform economics; Health Policy; Health Care Costs; Insurance, Health; Medicaid; Medicare; Health care reform; Health care reform Economic aspects; Medical policy; United States; United States
Abstract: In Restoring Quality Health Care, Dr. Scott Atlas examines the status of US health care, particularly in light of the Affordable Care Act, and presents a series of key reforms to meet the significant health care challenges facing the nation. Atlas proposes a six-point, strategic, incentive-based reform plan for US health care. The plan aims to instill market-based competition, empower consumers, and reduce the federal governments authority over health care. Those reforms focus on restoring the appropriate incentives in to increase the quality of health care and reduce its costs. Atlass plan restores the intended purpose of health insurance (to protect against the risk of significant and unexpected health care costs), enhances the affordability of twenty-first-century medical care, and ensures continued innovation. Were the plan to be implemented fully, private and federal government health expenditures would conservatively decrease by trillions of dollars during the decade and access to high-quality health care would significantly improve.
Contents: Introduction -- US health care today : setting the record straight -- Reform #1 : expand affordable private insurance -- Reform #2 : establish and liberalize universal health savings accounts -- Reform #3 : instill appropriate incentives with rational tax treatment of health spending -- Reform #4 : modernize Medicare for the twenty-first century -- Reform #5 : overhaul Medicaid and eliminate the two-tiered system for poor Americans -- Reform #6 : strategically enhance the supply of medical care while ensuring innovation -- Conclusion -- Key questions and answers on the Atlas plan.