Overcharged
Title | Overcharged PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Silver |
Publisher | Cato Institute |
Pages | 587 |
Release | 2018-07-03 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1944424776 |
Why is America's health care system so expensive? Why do hospitalized patients receive bills laden with inflated charges that com out of the blue from out-of-network providers or demands for services that weren't delivered? Why do we pay $600 for EpiPens that contain a dollar's worth of medicine? Why is more than $1 trillion - one out of every three dollars that passes through the system - lost to fraud, wasted on services that don't help patients, or otherwise misspent? Overcharged answers these questions. It shows that America's health care system, which replaces consumer choice with government control and third-party payment, is effectively designed to make health care as expensive as possible. Prices will fall, quality will improve, and medicine will become more patient-friendly only when consumers take charge and exert pressure from below. For this to happen, consumers must control the money. As Overcharged explains, when health care providers are subjected to the same competitive forces that shape other industries, they will either deliver better services more cheaply or risk being replaced by someone who will.
Documents
Title | Documents PDF eBook |
Author | Boston (Mass.). School Committee |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1220 |
Release | 1921 |
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Title | Overcharge Claims PDF eBook |
Author | Amos C. Adams |
Publisher | |
Pages | 86 |
Release | 1925 |
Genre | Freight and freightage |
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Explosives Act, 1875. Annual Report of His Majesty's Inspectors of Explosives
Title | Explosives Act, 1875. Annual Report of His Majesty's Inspectors of Explosives PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain. Home Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 976 |
Release | 1904 |
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Journal of the Amalgamated Society of ...
Title | Journal of the Amalgamated Society of ... PDF eBook |
Author | Amalgamated Society of Tailors, Tailoresses and Kindred Workers |
Publisher | |
Pages | 994 |
Release | 1906 |
Genre | Tailors |
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Joint Volumes of Papers Presented to the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly
Title | Joint Volumes of Papers Presented to the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly PDF eBook |
Author | New South Wales. Parliament |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1562 |
Release | 1927 |
Genre | New South Wales |
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Congressional Record
Title | Congressional Record PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 1030 |
Release | 1880 |
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