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The Political Economy
of Health Care Reforms

Huizhong Zhou, Editor
Western Michigan University  

 

"What is refreshing about the ideas explored in this book is that not only are they, in the main, based on solid economic analysis, but that they are also considered in the context of political reality. This book should be read by everyone who needs to be informed about US health-care provision and financing." Benefits & Compensation International

Introductory chapter | Table of Contents  

The calls for health care reform are as loud as they are persistent. A variety of stakeholders both inside and outside the health care industry regularly voice their concerns about issues such as Medicare, managed care, health insurance, coverage for the uninsured, and the role of tax policy in health care.

While federal policymakers have so far failed to enact sweeping legislation addressing the nation's health care system, significant changes affecting health care financing, insurance, and service delivery have occurred.

The political implications and economic consequences of these reforms are the subject of this book. Its six chapters, authored by a select group of leading health economists, provide insights useful for evaluating further developments in what is sure to be an ongoing and contentious health care reform debate. Included are
  • The Not-So-Simple Economics (and Politics) of Medicare Reform, Len M. Nichols
  • Managed Care and Social Welfare, Laurence Baker
  • Covering the Uninsured, Jonathan Gruber
  • Health Insurance and the Labor Market, Brigitte Madrian
  • Health Care Consumer Choice, Catherine G. McLaughlin
  • Positive Economics and Dismal Politics, Robert B. Helms
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    • 163 pp. 2001
    $40 cloth ISBN 0-88099-224-7 / ISBN-13 978-0-88099-224-4
    $15 paper ISBN 0-88099-223-9 / ISBN-13 978-0-88099-223-7

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