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Author Rooney, J. Patrick, 1927-

Title America's health care crisis solved : money-saving solutions, coverage for everyone / J. Patrick Rooney and Dan Perrin
Published Hoboken : Wiley, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 242 pages) : illustrations
Contents No money, no healthcare -- Why the money's running out -- A new scarlet letter -- Why nationalized healthcare is no cure all -- Fair care -- Give seniors what they want (and save money doing it) -- Give control to consumers through HSAs -- Establish fair medical prices -- Make medical prices transparent -- Build risk pools -- Build a national marketplace -- Make basic healthcare cheaper and more convenient -- Do it right the first time -- Wrapping it all up
Summary America's Health Care Crisis Solved, highlights the major pitfalls of the current American health care system and show why, without changes, health care costs will soon demolish the American economy. The alternative they address includes bringing the self-interest of the American consumer into the purchase of health care. The authors examine how an insured family's spending can be reduced by as much as the deductible and how for the uninsured, the government could stand in place of an employer to pay part of the cost of health insurance. Page by page, Rooney and Perrin skillfully explain their
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236) and index
Notes English
Subject Medical care, Cost of -- United States
Health insurance -- United States.
Health care reform -- United States
Medical care, Cost of.
Health Care Costs
Health Care Reform -- economics
Insurance Coverage
National Health Insurance, United States
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Health care reform
Health insurance
Medical care, Cost of
SUBJECT United States
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
Author Perrin, Dan, 1963-
ISBN 9780470275726
0470275723
9780470334416
047033441X
1281381756
9781281381750
9786611381752
6611381759