Crisis of abundance : rethinking how we pay for health care / Arnold Kling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kling, Arnold S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care, Cost of--United States.

Medical care, Cost of.

Health care reform--United States.

Health care reform.

Medical economics--United States.

Medical economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

America's health care troubles stem largely from a great success: Modern medicine can do much more today than in the past. The problem is how to pay for it. In easy to understand prose, MIT-trained economist Arnold Kling explains better ways of financing health care by relying less on government and more on private savings and insurance. A must-read for health care reformers.

Contents:

Crisis of Abundance: Rethinking How We Pay For Health Care; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Rise of Premium Medicine; 2. Three Health Care Narratives; 3. Dollars and Decisions; 4. No Perfect Health Care System; 5. Insulation vs. Insurance; 6. Matching Funding Systems to Needs; 7. Markets and Evolution; 8. Policy Ideas; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-103) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611905255

9781933995342

1933995343

9781281905253

1281905259

9781601290304

1601290306

OCLC:

615587432