Total cure : the antidote to the health care crisis / Harold S. Luft.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luft, Harold S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health care reform--United States.

Health care reform.

Medical policy--United States.

Medical policy.

Health planning--United States.

Health planning.

Health insurance--United States.

Health insurance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Proposals to reform the health care system typically focus on either increasing private insurance or expanding government-sponsored plans. Guaranteeing that everyone is insured, however, does not create a system with the quality of care patients want, the flexibility clinicians need, and the internal dynamics to continually improve the value of health care. Luft presents a comprehensive new proposal, SecureChoice, which does all that while providing affordable health insurance for every American.

Contents:

Build on what you've got, but recognize real-world constraints

Overview of a restructured health care system

Covering the cost of care: rethinking health insurance

Organizing care and paying providers

Choices: harnessing data to inform decisions

Financing SecureChoice

Malpractice, pharmaceuticals, medical education, and prevention

How SecureChoice would work for patients and physicians

Getting there: policy choices, implementation, and transition.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674040366

0674040368

OCLC:

646811337