Shock Therapy for the American Health Care System

Why Comprehensive Reform Is Needed

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

Av Robert Arthur Levine M.D., Robert A. Levine

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Shock Therapy For the American Health Care System describes the problems of the health care system and offers a program of comprehensive reform that is more far-reaching than anything currently being proposed.From a veteran physician comes this remarkably clear-eyed look at what's wrong with how we adminster and pay for health care and what can be done to fix it. In Shock Therapy for the American Health Care System: Why Comprehensive Reform Is Needed, Dr. Robert Levine offers an easily understandable diagnosis of the problems plaguing our current health care infrastructure, with discussions that include the roles of various stakeholders—insurance companies, "big pharma," hospitals, health care providers, and patients. He also dispels a number of myths designed to make voters leery of any reform efforts. Levine's comprehensive plan addresses everything from bloated bureaucracies to unnecessary procedures to the handling of negligence and malpractice lawsuits/claims. Throughout, Levine backs his proposals with facts and comparisons to systems in various countries, and concludes that even now, with disaster looming, the ultimate goal of providing health insurance for every American is achievable and affordable.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-07-23
Mått156 x 235 x 15 mm
Vikt482 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor200
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780313380686

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ForewordAcknowledgmentsCHAPTER 1 IntroductionAddressing the Myths about Health Care ReformCHAPTER 2 Evolution of the American Health Care SystemThe Changing Physician, Organized Medicine, and Efforts at Health Care ReformCHAPTER 3 Evolution of the American Health Care SystemHospitals, the Health Insurance Industry, the Pharmaceutical Industry, and the Medical Device IndustryCHAPTER 4 Problems with the Current Health Care SystemCHAPTER 5 Malpractice and Medical NegligenceCHAPTER 6 Comprehensive Health Care ReformCHAPTER 7 Proposals for U.S. Health Care Reform and a Brief Survey of Other Nations' Health Care SystemsCHAPTER 8 Obstacles to Comprehensive ReformCHAPTER 9 ConclusionNotesIndexAbout the Author

A veteran physician offers an insider's perspective on problems in the present system for administering and paying for health care. His program of reform is more far-reaching than anything currently being proposed, and, he maintains, would provide universal coverage at no additional cost. Writing in accessible language for general readers, Levine, former chief of neurology at Norwalk Hospital and retired professor of medicine at Yale University, dispels common myths about healthcare reform, and reveals the roles of the various stakeholders in our current health care infrastructure: insurance companies, big pharma, hospitals, the medical device industry, health care providers, and patients. He identifies areas in the current system where huge savings could be realized, and backs up his proposals with facts and comparisonsto systems in other countries. Tables and graphs provide summaries of data.