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02482aam a2200409Ii 4500 001 D09F078E471C11EA8C4E586797128E48 003 SILO 005 20200204010450 008 190325s2019 ctu b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2019934886 020 $a 9780300238464 020 $a 0300238460 035 $a (OCoLC)1090438204 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d YDXIT $d OCLCO $d YUS $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCA $d IWA $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a RA416.5 U6 U245x 2019 060 4 $a W 84 AA1 082 04 $a 338.4/73621 $2 23 100 1 $a Ubel, Peter A. $e author. 245 10 $a Sick to debt : $b how smarter markets lead to better care / $c Peter A. Ubel, MD. 264 1 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a vi, 206 pages ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a An informed argument for reworking the broken market-based U.S. healthcare system by making cost and quality more transparent. The United States has the most expensive healthcare system in the world. While policy makers have argued over who is at fault for this, the system has been quietly moving toward high-deductible insurance plans that require patients to pay large amounts out of pocket before insurance kicks in. The idea behind this shift is that patients will become better consumers of healthcare when forced to pay for their medical expenses. Laying bare the perils of the current situation, Peter A. Ubel-a physician and behavioral scientist-notes that even when patients have time to shop around, healthcare costs remain largely opaque, difficult to access, and hard to compare. Arguing for a middle path between a market-based and a completely free system, Ubel envisions more transparent, smarter healthcare plans that tie the prices of treatments to the value they provide so that people can afford to receive the care they deserve. 651 2 $a United States. 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 650 0 $a Consumer-driven health care $z United States. 650 0 $a Medical care, Cost of $z United States. 650 0 $a Medical economics $z United States. 650 0 $a Health care reform $z United States. 650 0 $a Health insurance $z United States. 650 0 $a Medical care $z United States. 941 $a 2 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214015821.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200204023306.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D09F078E471C11EA8C4E586797128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search