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100 1  Goldhill, David. 
245 10 Catastrophic care :|bhow American health care killed my 
       father--and how we can fix it /|cDavid Goldhill. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bAlfred A. Knopf,|c2013. 
300    viii, 369 pages ;|c20 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
505 0  Introduction: How American health care killed my father --
       Island-speak. Eleven strange things we all believe about 
       health care -- The hidden beast. The myth of affordable 
       care -- The disconnect. The absence of consumers in health
       care -- The fallacy. Why we always think we need more 
       health care -- The seduction. Forty-five years of Medicare
       -- The mirage of efficiency. Why the cost curve won't bend
       -- The tyranny of rules. Why everything is so complicated 
       -- Last gasp. The ACA and the insurance fixation -- In 
       search of balance. How should we pay for health care? -- 
       Green shoots. Foundations of a better system -- 
       Transition. Can we get there from here? -- Afterword: Mae 
       West didn't know health care -- Appendix 1. Unintended 
       consequences. Could the ACA reduce the number insured? -- 
       Appendix 2. Déjà vu. The ACA and the previously failed 
       "new" cost controls -- Appendix 3. Shifting the 
       government's focus to better health. 
520    "A visionary and completely original investigation that 
       will change the way we think about health care: how and 
       why it is failing, why expanding insurance coverage will 
       only make things worse, and how it can be transformed into
       a transparent, affordable, successful system. In 2007, 
       David Goldhill's father died from a series of infections 
       acquired in a well-regarded New York hospital. The bill 
       was for several hundred thousand dollars--and Medicare 
       paid it. These circumstances left Goldhill angry and 
       determined to understand how it was possible that world-
       class technology and well-trained personnel could result 
       in such simple, inexcusable carelessness--and how a 
       business that failed so miserably could be rewarded with 
       full payment. Catastrophic Care is the eye-opening result.
       Goldhill explicates a health-care system that now costs 
       nearly $2.5 trillion annually, bars many from treatment, 
       provides inconsistent quality of care, offers negligible 
       customer service, and in which an estimated 200,000 
       Americans die each year from errors. Above all, he exposes
       the fundamental fallacy of our entire system--that 
       Medicare and insurance coverage make care cheaper and 
       improve our health--and suggests a comprehensive new 
       approach that could produce better results at more 
       acceptable costs immediately by giving us, the patients, a
       real role in the process. "--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Medical care, Cost of|zUnited States. 
650  0 Health insurance|zUnited States. 
650  0 Health services accessibility|zUnited States. 
650  0 Medical errors|zUnited States. 
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