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050 00 $aRA395.A3$bM378 1994
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100 1 $aMarmor, Theodore R.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79118954
245 10 $aUnderstanding health care reform /$cTheodore R. Marmor.
260 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c[1994], ©1994.
300 $axv, 284 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aCh. 1. American Health Care Reform: Separating Sense from Nonsense / Theodore R. Marmor and Mark Goldberg -- Pt. I. Medical Care Politics: Constraints on Reform. Ch. 2. How We Got to Where We Are: American Health Care Politics, 1970 to 1990. Ch. 3. Medical Care Crises and the Welfare State. Ch. 4. Nonprofit Organizations and Health Care / Theodore R. Marmor, Mark Schlesinger and Richard W. Smithey. Ch. 5. Cutting Waste by Making Rules: Promises, Pitfalls, and Realistic Prospects / Theodore R. Marmor and Jan Blustein. Ch. 6. Rationing: Painful Prescription, Inadequate Diagnosis / Theodore R. Marmor and Rudolf Klein -- Pt. II. The Debate Over Universal Health Insurance. Ch. 7. American Medical Care Reform: Are We Doomed to Fail? / Theodore R. Marmor and David Boyum. Ch. 8. Reflections on the Argument for Competition in Medical Care / Theodore R. Marmor and David Boyum. Ch. 9. The Case for Straightforward Reform / Theodore R. Marmor and Carlos Cano.
505 8 $aCh. 10. The Missing Alternative: How Washington Elites Pushed Single-Payer Reform Plans off the Agenda / Theodore R. Marmor and Tom Hamburger. Ch. 11. Hype and Hyperbole in Health Reform / Theodore R. Marmor and Jerry Mashaw -- Pt. III. Comparative Perspectives. Ch. 12. Patterns of Fact and Fiction in Use of the Canadian Experience. Ch. 13. Japan - A Sobering Lesson -- Pt. IV. Policy Choices: Dilemmas and Decisions. Ch. 14. Coalition or Collision? Medicare and Health Reform. Ch. 15. Implementation: Making Reform Work.
520 $aThe reform of American medical care is the most important topic on the nation's domestic agenda and the centerpiece of the Clinton administration's plans for social policy and long-term economic development. This book, written by a preeminent analyst of medical politics and policy who is a frequent adviser to Congress, helps to clarify the current debate over the President's bill and the proposed alternatives to it. It is essential reading.
520 8 $aTheodore Marmor, whose work has appeared in the nation's major newspapers and magazines, as well as in scholarly journals and books, here presents some of his most recent writings that illuminate the historical, political, and economic considerations behind various proposals now under debate.
520 8 $aMarmor explains what we can and cannot expect from reform of American medicine, and he addresses the many conflicting claims about remedies for America's problems with medical costs, quality of care, and access to treatment.
650 0 $aHealth care reform$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105519
650 0 $aMedical care$zUnited States$xCost control.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107608
650 0 $aHealth insurance$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85066943
650 2 $aHealth Care Reform.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018166
650 2 $aHealth Care Costs.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017048
650 2 $aInsurance, Health.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007348
651 2 $aUnited States.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
852 00 $boff,hsl$hRA395.A3$iM378 1994