Full Description
With private health insurance costs averaging over $300 per month, per person—and with 36 million Americans lacking coverage of any sort—it is easy to understand why health care has captured the public imagination as the domestic policy issue of the 1990s. Americans spend well over $800 billion a year on health care, yet we are neglecting ba
Contents
A Snapshot of Health Care Delivery Today -- Perspectives and Perceptions -- The Changing Profile of U.S. Health Care -- Understanding the Problems -- What Are the Problems? -- What's Causing the Problems? -- What Are the Options? -- How Do We Get Coverage for Everyone? -- Cutting Costs: Piecemeal Approaches -- Cutting Costs: Overall Approaches -- Components of an Achievable Better System -- Elements for an Optimal Health Care Plan
