Health Care for Us All : Getting More for Our Investment

Health Care for Us All challenges the common belief that health care problems in the United States are difficult and possibly insoluble. Americans want to get more for their health care spending, including insurance coverage for all that is personal, portable, and permanent. They want a system that respects incentives for quality care, exhibits a responsible approach to the budget, and is sustainable. Health Care for Us All adopts these five objectives and applies an efficiency filter to identify the virtually unique framework that meets all objectives. Impediments to achieving Americans' goals can be summarized under the rubrics of too little insurance, too little income, and too little properly functioning market. The efficient remedy for each is the subject of the book. Related philosophical as well as economic issues, such as why there should be government involvement in health care, are analyzed. Argues That The American Health Care System Can Be Fixed, Offering Suggestions For Getting More In Return For Health Care Spending, Expanding What Is Covered, Offering Incentives For Quality Care, Budgeting Responsibly, And Creating A Sustainable System. Pt. I. Goals And Working Principles. Introduction -- Goals -- Principles -- Pt. Ii. Background Economics And Ethics. Markets, Vpos, Government -- Education, Charity, And The American Ethical Base -- Pt. Iii. Application. Why Government In Health Care? -- Insurance -- The Targeted Intervention Plan -- Pt. Iv. Protective Measures. Forestalling Free Riders -- Preserving Prices -- Inducing Innovation -- Summary -- Appendix A. Top Ten Goals For The American Health Care System -- Appendix B. Badly Done Insurance Programs Can Be Worse Than No Insurance -- Appendix C. Incentive Symmetry And Intervention Principle -- Appendix D. Plan Workability -- Appendix E. Market Power Response To Insurance. Earl L. Grinols, James W. Henderson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.