Curing The Crisis: Options For America's Health Care

by Michael D Reagan

Overview

This book provides a comprehensive picture of the issues in the American health care system, without wading through a lot of technical jargon. It outlines the features essential to a medically, financially, and politically effective cure to the health care system's ailments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367166083
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/19/2020
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael D. Reagan is professor emeritus at the University of California–Riverside and has authored numerous publications on American government and politics including Regulation: The Politics of Policy, The New Federalism, Science and the Federal Patron, The Managed Economy, and articles on health care in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Table of Contents

Part One: A Snapshot of Health Care Delivery Today 1. Perspectives and Perceptions Part Two: Understanding the Problems 2. What Are the Problems? 3. What's Causing the Problems? Part Three: What Are the Options? 4. How Do We Get Coverage for Everyone? 5. Cutting Costs: Piecemeal Approaches 6. Cutting Costs: Overall Approaches Part Four: Components of an Achievable Better System 7. Elements for an Optimal Health Care Plan

Editorial Reviews

Provides information on the current health care situation, examines the major types of proposals for ensuring that everyone has coverage and for containing costs, and, finally, proposes a set of elements that should be included in any major reform legislation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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