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Overcharged : why Americans pay too much for health care / Charles Silver, David A. Hyman ; foreword by Jeffrey S. Flier, MD, former Dean, Harvard Medical School.

Silver, Charles, 1957- (Author). Hyman, David A., (author.). Flier, Jeffrey S., (author of foreword.).

Summary:

Why is more than $1 trillion-- one out of every three dollars that passes through the American health care system-- lost to fraud, wasted on services that don't help patients, or misspent? Silver and Hyman reveal a system that performs as if it had been designed to spend as much money as it can, and to be as confusing and unfriendly as possible, with no accountability. They detail real reforms, showing how health care can become more efficient and pro-consumer, and will only get better and cheaper when consumers exert pressure from below. -- adapted from back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781944424763
ISBN: 1944424768
Physical Description: xxii, 555 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-544) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part 1. Misdiagnosis : the problems Obamacare should have fixed. Patent nonsense ; No limits ; Vial misdeeds ; Don't go breaking my heart ; Money matters ; Integrity ; Providers and politicians ; Payment-induced epidemics ; Out of network, out of luck ; Making a killing on the terminally ill ; My doctor, my drug dealer ; Whac-a-mole ; Bad business ; An offer you can't refuse -- part 2. Mistreatment : why Obamacare failed and what will succeed. Health care is expensive because it's insured ; Blind alleys and lost causes ; The retail sector will save us, if we let it ; Bargains galore in Bangalore ; Prizes, not patents ; Playing whac-a-mole to win ; Catastrophic coverage is good coverage ; Morality and health care.