Beschreibung:
Guaranteeing that all are insured does not create a system with the quality of care patients want, the flexibility clinicians need, and the internal dynamics for continual improvement of health care value. Luft presents a comprehensive new proposal, SecureChoice, which does all that while providing affordable health insurance for every American.
* Preface * List of Tables and Figures * List of Abbreviations * Introduction * Build on What You've Got, but Recognize Real-World Constraints * Overview of a Restructured Health Care System * Covering the Cost of Care: Rethinking Health Insurance * Organizing Care and Paying Providers * Choices: Harnessing Data to Inform Decisions * Financing SecureChoice * Malpractice, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Education, and Prevention * How SecureChoice Would Work for Patients and Physicians * Getting There: Policy Choices, Implementation, and Transition * Notes * Glossary * Index