Total Cure: The Antidote to the Health Care Crisis by Harold S. Luft (English) P

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Total Cure by Harold S. Luft Guaranteeing that all are insured does not create a system with the quality of care patients want, the flexibility clinicians need, and the internal dynamics for continual improvement of health care value. Luft presents a comprehensive new proposal, SecureChoice, which does all that while providing affordable health insurance for every American. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Proposals to reform the health care system typically focus on either increasing private insurance or expanding government-sponsored plans. Guaranteeing that everyone is insured, however, does not create a system with the quality of care patients want, the flexibility clinicians need, and the internal dynamics to continually improve the value of health care.In Total Cure, Hal Luft presents a comprehensive new proposal, SecureChoice, which does all that while providing affordable health insurance for every American. SecureChoice is a plan that restructures payment for medical care, harnessing the flexibility and responsiveness of the market by aligning the incentives of clinicians, hospitals, and insurers with those of the patient. It uses the accountability of government to ensure transparency, competition, and equity.SecureChoice has two major components. A universal pool covers the major risks of hospitalization and chronic illness, which account for almost two-thirds of all costs. Everyone would be in the pool, irrespective of employment, income, or health status. The second component emphasizes choice, flexibility, and responsibility. People will be able to choose any physician to serve as their "medical home," to keep track of their health records, provide much of their care, and suggest referrals. Clinicians will have the information and incentives to continually enhance quality. SecureChoice also facilitates improvements in areas ranging from malpractice to pharmaceuticals and establishes new roles for key stakeholders such as health insurers. Notes Hal Lufts book deserves and will surely command a wide audience. Concerned public officials as well as concerned citizens will want to consider his comprehensive and detailed approach to ensuring access to quality medical care while controlling costs. -- Rashi Fein, coauthor of The Health Care Mess: How We Got into It and What It Will Take to Get Out This book has some marvelous and novel ideas about how to restructure our health care system. -- Ezekiel J. Emanuel, author of Healthcare, Guaranteed: A Simple, Secure Solution for America An innovative, stimulating, well-written prescription for health care reform. -- Victor R. Fuchs, author of Who Shall Live? Health, Economics, and Social Choice In America, we pay more than any other country does for health care that has inconsistent quality, leaves millions uninsured, and wastes billions of dollars on unnecessary care and administration. In Total Cure, Hal Luft recognizes that changing the payment system must be the foundation for any real health reform. -- Peter V. Lee, Executive Director, National Health Policy, Pacific Business Group on Health Author Biography Harold S. Luft is Director of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, and Caldwell B. Esselstyn Professor of Health Policy and Health Economics, Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco. Table of Contents * Preface * List of Tables and Figures * List of Abbreviations * Introduction * Build on What Youve Got, but Recognize Real-World Constraints * Overview of a Restructured Health Care System * Covering the Cost of Care: Rethinking Health Insurance * Organizing Care and Paying Providers * Choices: Harnessing Data to Inform Decisions * Financing SecureChoice * Malpractice, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Education, and Prevention * How SecureChoice Would Work for Patients and Physicians * Getting There: Policy Choices, Implementation, and Transition * Notes * Glossary * Index Review Hal Lufts book deserves and will surely command a wide audience. Concerned public officials as well as concerned citizens will want to consider his comprehensive and detailed approach to ensuring access to quality medical care while controlling costs. -- Rashi Fein, coauthor of The Health Care Mess: How We Got into It and What It Will Take to Get OutThis book has some marvelous and novel ideas about how to restructure our health care system. -- Ezekiel J. Emanuel, author of Healthcare, Guaranteed: A Simple, Secure Solution for AmericaAn innovative, stimulating, well-written prescription for health care reform. -- Victor R. Fuchs, author of Who Shall Live? Health, Economics, and Social ChoiceIn America, we pay more than any other country does for health care that has inconsistent quality, leaves millions uninsured, and wastes billions of dollars on unnecessary care and administration. In Total Cure, Hal Luft recognizes that changing the payment system must be the foundation for any real health reform. -- Peter V. Lee, Executive Director, National Health Policy, Pacific Business Group on HealthLuft has written a sober, thoughtful volume...It may also prove very influential. -- David Gratzer * Forbes *Economist Harold Luft presents a thought-provoking and original proposal in Total Cure...Now is the time to evaluate SecureChoice and other health care proposals. Swift action is crucial if policymakers are to take advantage of this defining moment to enact health care reforms. -- Marian E. Gornick * New England Journal of Medicine *Of the numerous discussions of health care reform, many are longer on diagnosis than on prescription. Total Cure: The Antidote to the Health Care Crisis is a notable exception to that tendency. After presenting a brief overview of the state of U.S. health care, it turns quickly to developing an innovative reform proposal, and it does so in considerably greater depth than most similar books...SecureChoice is an ingenious, carefully constructed proposal...Some readers not versed in health policy may find Total Cure: The Antidote to the Health Care Crisis challenging. It rewards the effort, however, by providing both an important new health care reform option and an illuminating tutorial on the issues at stake. -- Samuel Y. Sessions * Journal of the American Medical Association *Total Cure in whole or in part should definitely be included in the syllabus of a course that addresses what we might do to reform the U.S. health care system. And for those who want to be challenged to think about how they would restructure our health care system, Total Cure is a great read--it makes you think hard. -- Katherine Swartz * Inquiry *Are you sitting down? I have in hand a 318-page health care reform plan that could actually work. Really. Harold Lufts Total Cure is a calm, fearless leap across the abyss of health policy cynicism and the greatest of improbabilities: a comprehensive, detailed, and practical CTRL-ALT-DEL for the U.S. health care system...Lufts Total Cure is just what the policy doctors on Capitol Hill will need: a wise, postpartisan, durable shop manual for how to make health reform actually happen in our time. -- J. D. Kleinke * Health Affairs *Brilliant and badly underappreciated...Luft seems to recognize that advances in medical technology make the traditional approach to private health insurance less viable. Yet he also sees the value in promoting constructive competition. Part of the appeal of Lufts approach is that it is very open-ended: While [Universal Coverage Pool] coverage for big-ticket costs is mandatory, wraparound coverage is optional. His plan could be financed through something like our current system of tax incentives for employers, or we could finance it through taxes. And though fairly complex in its details, the basic outlines are simple and attractive: With the UCP in place, no one will ever go bankrupt due to illness; private insurers and providers will compete on the basic of cost and quality; and the health system will get better and cheaper over time. -- Reihan Salam * Forbes.com * Promotional Hal Lufts book deserves and will surely command a wide audience. Concerned public officials as well as concerned citizens will want to consider his comprehensive and detailed approach to ensuring access to quality medical care while controlling costs. -- Rashi Fein, coauthor of The Health Care Mess: How We Got into It and What It Will Take to Get Out This book has some marvelous and novel ideas about how to restructure our health care system. -- Ezekiel J. Emanuel, author of Healthcare, Guaranteed: A Simple, Secure Solution for America An innovative, stimulating, well-written prescription for health care reform. -- Victor R. Fuchs, author of Who Shall Live? Health, Economics, and Social Choice In America, we pay more than any other country does for health care that has inconsistent quality, leaves millions uninsured, and wastes billions of dollars on unnecessary care and administration. In Total Cure, Hal Luft recognizes that changing the payment system must be the foundation for any real health reform. -- Peter V. Lee, Executive Director, National Health Policy, Pacific Business Group on Health Review Quote Total Cure in whole or in part should definitely be included in the syllabus of a course that addresses what we might do to reform the U.S. health care system. And for those who want to be challenged to think about how they would restructure our health care system, Total Cure is a great read--it makes you think hard. Details ISBN0674057368 Author Harold S. Luft Short Title TOTAL CURE Publisher Harvard University Press Language English ISBN-10 0674057368 ISBN-13 9780674057364 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2010 Imprint Harvard University Press Subtitle The Antidote to the Health Care Crisis Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass Country of Publication United States Illustrations 7 line illustrations, 2 tables Affiliation University of California, San Francisco Pages 336 UK Release Date 2010-10-15 Publication Date 2010-10-15 AU Release Date 2010-10-15 NZ Release Date 2010-10-15 US Release Date 2010-10-15 DEWEY 362.10973 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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