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Author:

Silver, Charles, 1957- author.

Title:

Overcharged : why Americans pay too much for health care / Charles Silver, David A. Hyman ; foreword by Jeffrey S. Flier, MD, former Dean, Harvard Medical School.

Publisher:

Cato Institute,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xxii, 555 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Medical care, Cost of--United States.
Medical economics--United States.
Health care reform--United States.
Health Expenditures.
Health Care Costs.
Insurance, Health--economics.
Health Care Reform--economics.
Economic Competition.
United States.
Health care reform.
Medical care, Cost of.
Medical economics.
United States.

Other Authors:

Hyman, David A., author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-544) and index.

Contents:

Part 1. Misdiagnosis : the problems Obamacare should have fixed: Patent nonsense ; No limits ; Vial misdeeds ; Don't go breaking my heart ; Money matters ; Integrity ; Providers and politicians ; Payment-induced epidemics ; Out of network, out of luck ; Making a killing on the terminally ill ; My doctor, my drug dealer ; Whac-a-mole ; Bad business ; An offer you can't refuse -- part 2. Health care is expensive because it's insured ; Blind alleys and lost causes ; The retail sector will save us, if we let it ; Bargains galore in Bangalore ; Prizes, not patents ; Playing whac-a-mole to win ; Catastrophic coverage is good coverage ; Morality and health care.

ISBN:

1944424768
9781944424763

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1028581499

LCCN:

2018010551

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

ZYPE837 -- Harlan Community Library (Harlan)