Overcharged
Subtitle: why Americans pay too much for health care
By: Charles Silver, David A. Hyman ; foreword by Jeffrey S. Flier, MD, former Dean, Harvard Medical School
Contributors: Hyman, David A., author
Publisher: Cato Institute
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 555
ISBN-13: 9781944424763
Subjects: Health care reform; Cost of Medical care; Medical economics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-544) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Misdiagnosis : the problems Obamacare should have fixed. Patent nonsense ; No limits ; Vial misdeeds ; Don't go breaking my heart ; Money matters ; Integrity ; Providers and politicians ; Payment-induced epidemics ; Out of network, out of luck ; Making a killing on the terminally ill ; My doctor, my drug dealer ; Whac-a-mole ; Bad business ; An offer you can't refuse; title: part 2. Mistreatment : why Obamacare failed and what will succeed.  Health care is expensive because it's insured ; Blind alleys and lost causes ; The retail sector will save us, if we let it ; Bargains galore in Bangalore ; Prizes, not patents ; Playing whac-a-mole to win ; Catastrophic coverage is good coverage ; Morality and health care.