02812nam 2200541 a 450 991077859490332120230721022814.01-282-33376-397866123337670-313-38069-4(CKB)1000000000798902(EBL)495106(OCoLC)466442924(SSID)ssj0000309453(PQKBManifestationID)11257926(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309453(PQKBWorkID)10266604(PQKB)11055249(MiAaPQ)EBC495106(Au-PeEL)EBL495106(CaPaEBR)ebr10338600(CaONFJC)MIL233376(EXLCZ)99100000000079890220090618d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrShock therapy for America's health care system[electronic resource] why comprehensive reform is needed /Robert A. LevineSanta Barbara, Calif. Praegerc20091 online resource (200 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-313-38068-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [162]-178) and index.Addressing the myths about health care reform -- Evolution of the American health care system : the changing physician, organized medicine, and efforts at health care reform -- Evolution of the American health care system : hospitals, the insurance industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and the medical device industry -- Problems with the current health care system -- Malpractice and medical negligence -- Comprehensive health care reform -- Proposals for U.S. health care reform and a brief survey of other nations' health care systems -- Obstacles to comprehensive reform.From a veteran physician comes this remarkably clear-eyed look at what's wrong with how we administer and pay for health care and what can be done to fix it. ||In Shock Therapy for the American Health Care System: Why Comprehensive Reform Is Needed, Dr. Robert Levine offers an easily understandable diagnosis of the problems plaguing our current health care infrastructure, with discussions that include the roles of various stakeholders-insurance companies, ""big pharma,"" hospitals, health care providers, and patients. He also dispels a number of myths designed to make voters leery of any reformHealth care reformUnited StatesHealth care reform362.1/0425Levine Robert1939-1534767MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778594903321Shock therapy for America's health care system3782566UNINA