Shock Therapy for the American Health Care System - Why Comprehensive Reform Is Needed (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2009
First published:	August 2009
Authors:	Robert Arthur Levine M D
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-38068-6
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Hospital administration & management
LSN:	0-313-38068-6
Barcode:	9780313380686

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