Health Care Turning Point: Why Single Payer Won't Work (MIT Press)
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (701 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262014076 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Battistella is Emeritus Professor of Health Policy and Management in the Sloan Graduate Program in Health Administration at Cornell University. . Roger M
"Quality Information" according to Ira E. Stoll. Before moving ahead any further on a health care overhaul, the president and members of Congress should stop and read Roger Battistella's new book. It won't take long; the text of the book is a slim 1Quality Information Before moving ahead any further on a health care overhaul, the president and members of Congress should stop and read Roger Battistella's new book. It won't take long; the text of the book is a slim 13Quality Information Ira E. Stoll Before moving ahead any further on a health care overhaul, the president and members of Congress should stop and read Roger Battistella's new book. It won't take long; the text of the book is a slim 134 pages. But those pages are packed with facts and analysis that have the potential to change the way readers think about health care. I learned a lot from it, and I th. pages. But those pages are packed with facts and analysis that have the potential to change the way readers think about health care. I learned a lot from it, and I th. Quality Information Ira E. Stoll Before moving ahead any further on a health care overhaul, the president and members of Congress should stop and read Roger Battistella's new book. It won't take long; the text of the book is a slim 134 pages. But those pages are packed with facts and analysis that have the potential to change the way readers think about health care. I learned a lot from it, and I th. pages. But those pages are packed with facts and analysis that have the potential to change the way readers think about health care. I learned a lot from it, and I th. "Health Care Turning Point: Why Single Payer Won't Work. Review by Ronald Miller–Three Stars" according to Ronald J. Miller. I chose to rate this book as three stars for three reasons: First, the author is quite verbose with his wording and sentence structure. When I first begun to read it, I couldn't help but wonder as to whom he was writing. One has to read carefully.Second, the author is very biased in favor of the Republican Party in his presentation. He definitely appears to be a full. Marion Alley said Five Stars. Excellent!
"Battistella advocates practicality and pragmatism as an alternative to ideological panaceas -- a timely reminder and important reading as the country struggles through its latest attempts at health care reform."--Gail Wilensky, Project Hope
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. Battistella argues that contrary to popular belief, single-payer coverage will not lower health spending but would encourage overconsumption and drive costs up. Few would disagree that the current system is broken. In Health Care Turning Point, health policy expert Roger Battistella argues that the conventional wisdom that dominates health policy debates is out of date. But, Battistella asserts provocatively, a government takeover of health insurance patterned after Medicare and Medicaid won't work either. In the battle