Restoring Fiscal Sanity 2007
The Health Spending Challenge
Alice M Rivlin editor Joseph R Antos editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:1st Mar '07
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Exceeding $2 trillion annually, health care spending in the United States is growing significantly faster than the national economy. If left unchecked, this health spending crisis will threaten Americans' ability to pay for other essential services. Driven primarily by the cost of benefits promised to seniors under Medicare and Medicaid, federal health expenditures will force lawmakers to make stark policy decisions. In this third volume of Restoring Fiscal Sanity, policy experts suggest ways to slow the growth of federal spending on health care. Unless federal health spending can be brought under control, Americans will face substantially higher taxes, sharp reductions in other government programs, and cuts in benefits to the elderly. Families, businesses, and communities will be forced to make agonizing choices between health care and other needs. Focusing on policies that do not shift costs to the states or the private sector, the authors of Restoring Fiscal Sanity 2007 suggest reforms in federal programs that have the potential to reduce the growth of spending for the entire health system, increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the care provided, and enhance health outcomes. Drawing on years of government and public policy experience, they stress the need for innovative approaches and cooperation between the private and public sectors.
"This book is well written by skillful and erudite authors and requires thoughtful reading." —Jack G. Wiggins, PsycCRITIQUES Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 8/29/2007
|"timely, well-written volume...a balanced contribution to the literature...Highly recommended." —F. W. Musgrave, Ithaca College, CHOICE, 8/1/2007
|"This insightful and forward-thinking volume includes essays by some of the most influential Healthcare policy thought leaders in the United States today....This book is a 'must read,' not only for HFMA members, but also for every American taxpayer concerned with restoring fiscal sanity to our Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health programs." —Walter J. Unger, Healthcare Finanical Management
|"What the editors present is not mere policy prescriptions, but descriptions of actual programs that have improved health system efficiency and reduced expenditures. All eight chapters are excellent, describing a diverse array of health policy reforms." —Stuart O. Schweitzer, University of California, Los Angeles, Inquiry
|"A book like this is particularly valuable in today's overheated political atmosphere, where the two parties hold deeply opposed philosophical views of health care, philosophies that frequently degenerate into name-calling and accusations of bad faith. The book is also a wonderful introduction to the intricacies of money and health care for those of us who care deeply about patient-centered, holistic care, but haven't yet focused our attention on the United States' crazy-quiltpayment system." — Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine
ISBN: 9780815774938
Dimensions: 228mm x 154mm x 14mm
Weight: 345g
248 pages