Health care reform now!
Subtitle: a prescription for change
By: George C. Halvorson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2007
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9780787997526
Subjects: Health care reform -- United States; Medical economics -- United States; Insurance, Health -- United States; Health Care Reform -- economics -- United States; Economics, Medical -- organization & administration -- United States; Insurance -- organization & administration -- United States
Description: "The United States spends more money on health care by far than any other country and yet nearly 50,000,000 Americans are uninsured at least part of the time each year." "Health Care Reform Now! is written for anyone who cares enough about our health care situation to consider serious alternatives to the current system." "Step by step, George Halvorson outlines a game plan for a truly world-class health care system that will appeal to policy makers on both ends of the political spectrum and will deliver health care with improved quality, better access, provider accountability, performance transparency, consumer choice, and individual empowerment."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A few hard but useful truths; title: Data : the missing link for health care reform; title: What do we do until the EMR arrives?; title: Basic steps to improve care for chronic disease patients; title: Eight developments that finally make health care reform possible; title: Making the market work for health care; title: A new idea : the infrastructure vendor; title: Who should we hire to reform our health care infrastructure?; title: Next steps and expectations; title: Cost shift realities; title: Universal coverage now!; title: So what should we do now?