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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454020803321

Titolo

Who has the cure? [[electronic resource] ] : Hamilton Project ideas on health care / / Jason Furman, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-13130-3

9786612131301

0-8157-0199-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FurmanJason

Disciplina

362.10973

Soggetti

Right to health - United States

Health services accessibility - United States

Health insurance - United States

National health insurance - United States

Health care reform - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Universal, effective, and affordable health insurance : an economic imperative / Jason Furman and Robert E. Rubin -- Achieving universal coverage through Medicare part E(veryone) / Gerard F. Anderson and Hugh R. Waters -- Evolving beyond traditional employer-sponsored health insurance / Stuart M. Butler -- A comprehensive cure : the guaranteed health care access plan : a voucher-style reform / Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Victor R. Fuchs -- Taking Massachusetts national : incremental universalism for the United States / Jonathan Gruber -- Mending the Medicare prescription drug benefit : improving consumer choices and restructuring purchasing / Richard G. Frank and Joseph P. Newhouse -- The promise of progressive cost consciousness in health care reform / Jason Furman -- A wellness trust to prioritize disease prevention / Jeanne M. Lambrew.

Sommario/riassunto

"Emphasizes the importance of universal health care and looks at alternatives for achieving universal health care coverage that also improves efficiency in the health care industry and provides proposals



to improve the effectiveness and affordability of health care, including income-related cost-sharing, expanding preventive care, and reforming Medicare's prescription drug benefit"--Provided by publisher.