LEADER 03134nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910968315103321 005 20240506032128.0 010 $a9798216014423 010 $a9786612333767 010 $a9781282333765 010 $a1282333763 010 $a9780313380693 010 $a0313380694 024 7 $a10.5040/9798216014423 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(Au-PeEL)EBL495106 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10338600 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL233376 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC495106 035 $a(OCoLC)416215377 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9798216014423BC 035 $a(Perlego)4169097 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000798902 100 $a20091104d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aShock therapy for the American health care system $ewhy comprehensive reform is needed /$fRobert A. Levine 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$cPraeger,$d2009. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780313380686 311 08$a0313380686 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 22 700 $aLevine$b Robert$f1939-$01796384 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968315103321 996 $aShock therapy for the American health care system$94338110 997 $aUNINA