The health care revolution
Subtitle: from medical monopoly to market competition
By: Carl F. Ameringer.
Contributors: Milbank Memorial Fund.
Series: California/Milbank books on health and the public -- 19
Publisher: University of California Press; Milbank Memorial Fund
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berkeley; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780520254800
Subjects: American Medical Association -- History -- 20th century; United States. -- Federal Trade Commission -- History -- 20th century; United States. -- Federal Trade Commission; American Medical Association; Health care reform -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Medical care -- United States -- Finance -- History -- 20th century; Health Care Reform -- history -- United States; Antitrust Laws -- history -- United States; Economic Competition -- history -- United States; Health Policy -- history -- United States; History, 20th Century -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The professional regime; title: Precursors of change; title: The triumph of market theory; title: The Federal Trade Commission takes the lead; title: FTC v. AMA; title: A question of jurisdiction; title: Drawing the line between clinical and business practices; title: The quest for antitrust relief; title: The demonization of managed care.