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1 online resource (viii, 223 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-215) and index. |
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Health insurers : what did they get? -- The drug deal of the century -- Hospitals and doctors : their take-away -- Who pays for trillion dollar health reform? -- How the AMA killed the family doctor -- The real reason hospitals don't stop harming patients -- Hospitals : do this, not that -- Too big to fail just got bigger -- If only they were Iphones -- Good-bye busboys -- Promises made, promises broken -- Government by default -- The real medical malpractice fix -- Health care fraud : follow the money -- 10 steps to more affordable health care. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
"As the most substantial health care reform in almost half a century, President Obama's health care overhaul was as historic as it was divisive. In its aftermath, the debate continues. Drawing on decades of experience in health care policy, health care delivery reform, and economics, Rosemary Gibson and Janardan Prasad Singh provide a non-partisan analysis of the reform and what it means for America and its future. The authors shine a light on truths that have been hidden behind a raucous debate marred by political correctness on both sides of the aisle. They show how health care reform was enacted only with the consent of health insurance companies, drug firms, device manufacturers, hospitals, and other special interests that comprise the medical-industrial complex, which gained millions of new customers with the stroke of a pen. Health care businesses in a market-oriented system are designed to generate revenue, which runs counter to affordable health care. Gibson and Singh take a broader perspective on health care reform not as a single issue but as part of the economic life of the nation. The national debate unfolded while the banking and financial system teetered on the brink of collapse. The authors trace uncanny similarities between the health care industry and the unfettered banking and financial sector. They argue that a fast-changing global economy will have profound implications for the country's economic security and the jobs and health care benefits that come with it, and they predict that global competition will shape the future of employer-provided insurance more than the health care reform law."-- Provided by publisher. |
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Health care reform -- United States.
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Integrated delivery of health care -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Integrated delivery of health care -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Medical policy -- United States.
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Health insurance -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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MEDICAL -- Health Risk Assessment.
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Health care reform. (OCoLC)fst00952850
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Health insurance -- Law and legislation.
(OCoLC)fst01715845
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Medical policy. (OCoLC)fst01014505
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Health Care Reform.
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Delivery of Health Care -- economics.
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Delivery of Health Care -- legislation & jurisprudence.
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Health Policy.
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Insurance, Health -- legislation & jurisprudence.
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Politics.
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United States.
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| Added Author |
Singh, Janardan Prasad, 1960-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gibson, Rosemary, 1956- Battle over health care. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012 (DLC) 2011030065 |
| ISBN |
9781442214514 (electronic bk.) |
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1442214511 (electronic bk.) |
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