LEADER 02812nam 2200541 a 450 001 9910778594903321 005 20230721022814.0 010 $a1-282-33376-3 010 $a9786612333767 010 $a0-313-38069-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000798902 035 $a(EBL)495106 035 $a(OCoLC)466442924 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000309453 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11257926 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309453 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10266604 035 $a(PQKB)11055249 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC495106 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL495106 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10338600 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL233376 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000798902 100 $a20090618d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aShock therapy for America's health care system$b[electronic resource] $ewhy comprehensive reform is needed /$fRobert A. Levine 210 $aSanta Barbara, Calif. $cPraeger$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-313-38068-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [162]-178) and index. 327 $aAddressing 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. 330 $aFrom 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 reform 606 $aHealth care reform$zUnited States 615 0$aHealth care reform 676 $a362.1/0425 700 $aLevine$b Robert$f1939-$01534767 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778594903321 996 $aShock therapy for America's health care system$93782566 997 $aUNINA