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Author LeBow, Robert H., 1940-

Title Health care meltdown : confronting the myths and fixing our failing system / Robert H. LeBow ; foreword by John P. Geyman.

Publication Info. Chambersburg, Pa. : A.C. Hood, 2003.

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.1 L493    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  362.1 LEB    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.109 LEBOW    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  362.1097 LE    Check Shelf
Description xix, 281 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part 1: The problem a wasteful, dysfunctional system and a nation kept clueless -- Chapter 1: Myths, misinformation, and the pursuit of profit -- Chapter 2: America's health care: the monster we have created -- Chapter 3: Monster II: Perverse incentives lead to bizarre outcomes -- Chapter 4: Delayed care: rationing American style -- Chapter 5: Jumping hoops for the uninsured: caring for patients at a community health center -- Chapter 6: Squeezing the patient: co-pays and deductibles -- Chapter 7: Religion and health care reform: "personal responsibility" vs. Caring for the needy -- Chapter 8: Public health: we're all on this planet together -- Chapter 9: Blaming the victim: a bad rap for medicare -- Chapter 10: We don't want a health care system like they have in those foreign countries -- Part 2: Towards finding a solution -- Chapter 11: The price of health: how much should we Americans be spending on health care? -- Chapter 12: Don Quixote vs. the establishment: can the medical-industrial complex be toppled? -- Chapter 13: In search of a uniquely American solution to health care for all -- Chapter 14: Grassroots for health care for all: what can Americans do to claim a right to health care? -- Chapter 15: National health insurance or medicare for all: a reality in our lifetime? -- Chapter 16: Single payer will not fly: a response -- Chapter 17: Needed for affordable and effective health care reform in America: a paradigm shift for prevention -- Chapter 18: epilogue: beyond universal coverage.
Subject Medical care -- United States -- Evaluation.
Medical policy -- United States -- Evaluation.
Social medicine -- United States.
Medicine -- United States.
Medical care -- economics -- United States.
Medical care -- trends -- United States.
Medical policy -- United States.
Medically uninsured persons -- United States.
ISBN 0911469222 hardcover
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