The Case Against Single Payer

2019-09-17 Law

Author : Chris Jacobs
Release : 2019-09-17
Genre : Law
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Book Synopsis The Case Against Single Payer by : Chris Jacobs

Download or read book The Case Against Single Payer written by Chris Jacobs. This book was released on 2019-09-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long thought of as an idealistic but unrealistic proposition promoted by far-left activists, single-payer health care has become a major discussion point across the political landscape. Bernie Sanders made it a central focus of his insurgent 2016 run for the Democratic presidential nomination against Hillary Clinton. House Democrats' messaging on health care in the 2018 midterm elections, and the burgeoning campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, have elevated single-payer even further, bringing the issue to the center of American politics. Surprisingly, however, few books have examined the impact of a single-payer health care system in depth--and most of those that have done so come from a leftist perspective supporting this dramatic change. This vacuum in the current literature cries out for a work making the case against single payer--one which educates the American people about the damaging effects of this proposed health care takeover. Written for a broad audience ranging from interested citizens to leaders in the conservative movement, The Case Against Single Payer will explain the harmful implications of giving the federal government unfettered control of the health care system.

Single Payer Healthcare Reform

2020-06-10 Political Science

Author : Lindy S.F. Hern
Release : 2020-06-10
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Single Payer Healthcare Reform by : Lindy S.F. Hern

Download or read book Single Payer Healthcare Reform written by Lindy S.F. Hern. This book was released on 2020-06-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent rise of “Medicare for All” in American political discourse was many years in the making. Behind this rise is a movement composed of grassroots activists and organizations that have been working for more than three decades to achieve the goal of establishing a single-payer healthcare system in the United States. In the past decade, the Single Payer Movement has grown and garnered more public and political support than ever before. This relative success cannot be attributed to any one political figure or political era. The story of how this happened, and how it is tied to a turn against establishment politics on both the left and right, as well as the rise of outsider politicians such as Senator Bernie Sanders, takes place during the Clinton, G.W. Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations. During each of these eras, activists experienced shifting opportunities that they interpreted through the telling of stories. These narratives of opportunity encouraged participation in particular forms of grassroots mobilization, which then affected the outcome of each era. This has had lasting effects on the development of healthcare policy in the United States. In this book, Hern conducts a political ethnographic analysis in which she uses historical records, interviews, and participant observation to tell the story of the Single Payer Movement, establish the lessons that can be learned from this history, and develop a framework—the Environment of Opportunity Model—that involves a holistic understanding of social movement activity through the analysis of narrative practice.

Health Care Turning Point

2012-02-10 Health & Fitness

Author : Roger M. Battistella
Release : 2012-02-10
Genre : Health & Fitness
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Download or read book Health Care Turning Point written by Roger M. Battistella. This book was released on 2012-02-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expert debunks popular misconceptions about health policy, including the merits of single-payer plans, and offers an alternative. In the battle over health care reform we can try to fashion new policies based on old ideas—or we can acknowledge today's demographic and economic realities. In Health Care Turning Point, health policy expert Roger Battistella argues that the conventional wisdom that dominates health policy debates is out of date. Battistella takes on popular misconceptions about the advantages of single-payer plans, the role of the market, and other health policy issues and outlines a pragmatic new approach. Few would disagree that the current system is broken. But, Battistella asserts provocatively, a government takeover of health insurance patterned after Medicare and Medicaid won't work either. Battistella argues that contrary to popular belief, single-payer coverage will not lower health spending but would encourage overconsumption and drive costs up. If consumers were responsible for buying their own health insurance (as they are for buying their own car and home insurance), he argues, they'd look for value and demand greater price and quality transparency from providers. The economic shibboleth that the principles of market competition don't apply to health care is nonsense, Battistella says. We won't achieve real health care reform until policy makers adjust to this reality and adopt a more pragmatic view.

The War on Medical Terrorism

2009-09 Medical

Author : Les Stettner
Release : 2009-09
Genre : Medical
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Download or read book The War on Medical Terrorism written by Les Stettner. This book was released on 2009-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The healthcare system in the Unites States is broken, and the quality of healthcare is not being addressed by health insurance companies. Costs are out of control and insurance plan designs are shifting the financial burden to the American public. In The War on Medical Terrorism, author and insurance expert Les Stettner wages war on health insurance companies and presents viable solutions to the current healthcare crisis. With the goal of educating Americans, The War on Medical Terrorism unravels the complicated healthcare crisis, details how it began, and discusses ways to resolve it. Stettner presents arguments for socializing healthcare delivery and converting to a single-payer system that will reduce medical expenses by fifty percent. This book provides the tools needed to become the most highly informed consumers and reformers of healthcare. A call to action to work toward logical reform, The War on Medical Terrorism details the necessary steps to restructure the U.S. medical delivery system and to improve it in ways that will result in better outcomes at lower costs for all Americans.

Lives at Risk

2004 Health care reform

Author : John C. Goodman
Release : 2004
Genre : Health care reform
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Download or read book Lives at Risk written by John C. Goodman. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lives at Risk identifies 20 myths about health care as delivered in countries that have national health insurance. These myths have gained the status of fact in both the United States and abroad, even though the evidence shows a far different reality. The authors also explore the political and economic climate of the health care system and offer alternatives to the current health care public policies.

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