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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rooney, J. Patrick, 1927-

Contributor:

Perrin, Dan, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care, Cost of--United States.

Medical care, Cost of.

Health insurance--United States.

Health insurance.

Health care reform--United States.

Health care reform.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken : Wiley, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

America's Health Care Crisis Solved highlights the major pitfalls of our current health care system and shows why, without changes, health care costs will soon demolish the American economy as well as the opportunity to receive quality care. However, contrary to the increasingly popular idea of a government health plan, the alternative presented by authors J. Patrick Rooney and Dan Perrin brings the self-interest of you, the American consumer, into the equation.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-236) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611381752

9781281381750

1281381756

9780470334416

047033441X

OCLC:

236486430