San Antonio College Library

"Examines the role that taxes currently play, the likely effects of recently introduced health savings accounts, the challenges of administering major subsidies for health insurance through the tax system, and options for using the tax system to expand health insurance coverage"--Provided by publisher.

In June 2009, Wendell Potter made national headlines with his scorching testimony before the Senate panel on health care reform. This former senior VP of CIGNA explained how health insurers make promises they have no intention of keeping, how they flout regulations designed to protect consumers, and how they skew political debate with multibillion-dollar PR campaigns designed to spread disinformation. Potter had walked away from a six-figure salary...

"The United States spends more money on health care by far than any other country and yet nearly 50,000,000 Americans are uninsured at least part of the time each year." "Health Care Reform Now! is written for anyone who cares enough about our health care situation to consider serious alternatives to the current system." "Step by step, George Halvorson outlines a game plan for a truly world-class health care system that will appeal to policy makers...

"The U.S. healthcare system is in critical condition - but this should come as a surprise to no one. Yet until now the solutions proposed have been unworkable, pie-in-the-sky plans that have had little chance of becoming law and even less of succeeding. In Code Red, David Dranove proposes a set of feasible solutions that address access, efficiency, and quality." "Dranove pays special attention to the plight of the uninsured, and proposes a new direction...