02947nam 2200505Ia 450 991078634550332120230725034742.00-8179-1056-5(CKB)2670000000276529(EBL)1370662(MiAaPQ)EBC3301837(Au-PeEL)EBL3301837(CaPaEBR)ebr10622890(CaONFJC)MIL545376(OCoLC)876507492(EXLCZ)99267000000027652920100708d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Eight questions you should ask about our health care system (even if the answers make you sick)[electronic resource] /Charles E. PhelpsStanford, Calif. Hoover Institution Pressc20101 online resource (176 p.)Hoover Institution Press publication ;no. 581Description based upon print version of record.0-8179-1054-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: How Did We Get into this Mess, and Why Will It Get Worse?; Chapter 2: When Is Less Insurance Better than More?; Chapter 3: How Does Good Technology Go Bad?A Tale of Two Cities (and More); Chapter 4: Why Is the Employer-Paid Foundation of HealthInsurance Riddled with Termites?; Chapter 5: Do Dollars Distort Doctors' Decisions?; Chapter 6: Why Are We All Killing Ourselves?; Chapter 7: Why Is Our K-12 Educational System a Public HealthMenace?Chapter 8: Where Does the Congress Miss Opportunities and HitPotholes?References; About the Author; About the Hoover Institution's Working Group onHealth Care Policy; IndexCharles E. Phelps provides a comprehensive look at our health care system, including how the current system evolved, how the health care sector behaves, and a detailed analysis of ""the good, the bad, and the ugly"" parts of the system?from technological advances (the ""good"") to variations in treatment patterns (the ""bad"") to hidden costs and perverse incentives (the ""ugly""). He shows that much of the cost of health care ultimately derives from our own lifestyle choices and thus that education may well be the most powerful form of health reform we can envision.Hoover Institution Press publication ;581.Medical careUnited StatesMedical policyUnited StatesHealth insuranceUnited StatesMedical careMedical policyHealth insurance362.10973Phelps Charles E16572MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786345503321Eight questions you should ask about our health care system (even if the answers make you sick)3766523UNINA