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While most studies of health care reform have focused on solving the market’s failure, controlling costs, or providing universal access, Dan E. Beauchamp adeptly discusses health care reform as a strategy for dealing with the failures of politics–not just the failures of the health care market. As the former Deputy Commissioner for Policy and Planning for the New York State Department of Health, Beauchamp presents a revelatory first-person narrative about his work … More >>
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“The Executive’s Guide to Controlling Health Care and Disability Costs is much more than a standard guide to cost containment techniques. Rather, it brings together the achievements of leading organizations, the most current research, and a strategic vision incorporating quality and value imperatives, continuous learning and improvement, and information-driven action commitments. The authors show the opportunity for improvement is great regardless of the direction… More >>
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In The Problem That Won’t Go Away, economists, political scientists, sociologists, public opinion experts, and government staff recount the history of the Clinton health plan, present several alternative strategies the administration might have pursued, and conclude that none was likely to achieve the administration’s goals of universal coverage and cost containment. Many support the view that the administration, Congress, and the nation lacked the political consens… More >>
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With health care costs already spiralling to crisis proportions, human resource managers are being forced to face and deal with an array of complex and perplexing problems: deteriotating employer-employee relations, threats to company profits, changes to the structure of medical care. This book takes a thorough look at a program developed and successfully employed by one organization to control its runaway healthcare costs and achieve substantial savings. Unlike pro… More >>
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For those with full health care provided by their employers, the day is bright. But they are becoming more and more like rare birds. Besides the almost 50,000,000 without any health insurance who most frequently let their health deteriorate rather than sitting many hours in emergency rooms, employers are moving towards forcing employees to pay a growing percentage of the ever-escalating price tag. This book presents important information on the trends, laws, and pra… More >>
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HMO? Major medical? Managed care? The choices can be confusing and overwhelming. Here is the complete resource every consumer needs to make informed health care decisions…. More >>
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