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Author Goodman, John C.

Title Priceless : curing the healthcare crisis / John C. Goodman
Published Oakland, Calif. : Independent Institute, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 384 pages) : illustrations
Series Independent studies in political economy
Contents pt. 1. Why we are trapped -- pt. 2. The consequences of being trapped -- pt. 3. Letting people out of the trap -- pt. 4. Letting government out of the trap
Summary "In the groundbreaking book Priceless, renowned healthcare economist John Goodman reveals how patients, healthcare providers, employers, and employees are all trapped in a dysfunctional, bureaucratic, healthcare system fraught with perverse incentives that raise costs, reduce quality, and make care less accessible. Unless changed, these incentives will only worsen the problems in the coming months and years. He demonstrates how market forces have been driven out from the American healthcare system, making it nearly impossible to solve problems as effectively or efficiently as in virtually every other type of consumer marketplace. Goodman cuts through the politics to think 'outside the box' and propose dozens of bold and crucial innovations that, if adopted, would enable caregivers, entrepreneurs, and patients to use their knowledge and creativity to create access to low-cost, high-quality healthcare"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Medical care -- United States.
Medical policy -- United States
Medical care, Cost of -- United States
Health care reform -- United States
Medical care, Cost of.
Health Care Costs
Health Policy -- economics
Insurance, Health -- economics
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
MEDICAL -- Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues.
Health care reform
Medical care
Medical care, Cost of
Medical policy
SUBJECT United States
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012008379
ISBN 9781598130867
1598130862
9781598130843
1598130846
1306013534
9781306013536