Priced out : the economic and ethical costs of American health care /

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"From a giant of health care policy, an engaging and enlightening account of why American health care is so expensive -- and why it doesn't have to be. Uwe Reinhardt was a towering figure and moral conscience of health care policy in the United States and beyond. Famously bipartisan, he ad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reinhardt, Uwe E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Medical care, Cost of > United States.
Medical policy > United States.
Medical ethics > United States.
Medical care, Cost of.
Health care reform.
Health Care Costs
Delivery of Health Care > economics
Insurance, Health > economics
Health Care Reform
Soins médicaux > Coût > États-Unis.
Politique sanitaire > États-Unis.
Éthique médicale > États-Unis.
Soins médicaux > Coût.
Services de santé > Réforme.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Insurance > Health.
Health care reform
Medical policy
Medical care, Cost of
Medical ethics
Gesundheitswesen
Gesundheitspolitik
Krankheitskosten
Sozialethik
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A visual stroll through America's health care wonderland
  • U.S. health spending and what drives it
  • Pricing Americans out of health care
  • Some interesting or curious facts about our health care system
  • Who actually pays for health care?
  • Value for the money spent on U.S. health care
  • Ethical perspectives on U.S. health care
  • The social role of health care
  • The mechanics of commercial health insurance from an ethical perspective
  • The elephant in the room and the ethical vision baked into health reform proposals
  • The ethical vision of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Obamacare)
  • The ethical vision of the health reform proposals of 2017
  • Conclusion: a novel (my own) reform proposal
  • Epilogue
  • Tsung-Mei Cheng.

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