Healthy, wealthy, and wise : five steps to a better health care system /
John F. Cogan, R. Glenn Hubbard, and Daniel P. Kessler.
- Washington, D.C. : Stanford, Calif. : AEI Press ; Hoover Institution, c2005.
- ix, 130 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-121) and index.
The good : innovation -- The bad : excessive costs and wasteful spending -- The ugly : uninsurance, the managed-care backlash, and medical errors -- Reform taxation of health-care expenses -- Reform regulation of markets for health insurance -- Expand provision of health information -- Control anticompetitive behavior -- Reform the malpractice system -- Study the tax preference for nonprofits -- Effects of reforms on health-care spending -- Effects of reforms on the uninsured -- Effects of reforms on the federal budget -- Distributional impact.
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Health care reform--United States. Medical care, Cost of--United States. Health services accessibility--United States. Insurance, Health--United States. Tax credits--United States.