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The health care revolution : from medical monopoly to market competition / Carl F. Ameringer.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ameringer, Carl F.
- Series:
- California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 19.
- California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 19
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical care--United States--Finance--History--20th century.
- Medical care.
- Health care reform--United States--History--20th century.
- Health care reform.
- United States. Federal Trade Commission--History--20th century.
- United States.
- American Medical Association--History--20th century.
- American Medical Association.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press ; New York : Milbank Memorial Fund, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- America's market-based health care system, unique among the nations of the world, is in large part the product of an obscure, yet profound, revolution that overthrew the medical monopoly in the late 1970's. In this lucid, balanced account, Carl F. Ameringer tells how this revolution came into being when the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress prompted the antitrust agencies of the federal government-the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department-to change the rules of the health care system. Ameringer lays out the key events that led up to this regime change; explores its broader social, political, and economic contexts; examines the views of both its proponents and opponents; and considers its current trajectory.
- Contents:
- The professional regime
- Precursors of change
- The triumph of market theory
- The Federal Trade Commission takes the lead
- The AMA case
- A question of jurisdiction
- Drawing the line between clinical and business practices
- The quest for antitrust relief
- The demonization of managed care.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-229) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611385545
- 9781281385543
- 1281385549
- 9780520934689
- 0520934687
- OCLC:
- 437212125
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