Product Description
Reforming the Health Care System was held March 18, 2005 at Ball State University as part of a larger conference, Health by Design. Reforming the Health Care System featured a debate between Kenneth E. Thorpe, Ph.D. of Emory University and John C. Goodman, Ph.D. of the National Center for Policy Analysis. Their presentations were transcribed and are presented in this booklet.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Getting More Value from Our Health Care Spending - Kenneth E. Thorpe, Ph.D.
Perverse Incentives and Distorting Choices - John C. Goodman, Ph.D.
Biography, Kenneth E. Thorpe, Ph.D.
Biography, John C. Goodman, Ph.D.
Reviews:
"This debate supplies a valuable summary of two different views of health reform: one where the government takes more and more control over our lives, and one where it promises to 'do no (more) harm' by giving patients control over the resources needed to manage their own health care. This book will help the American people understand these two competing visions." John R. Graham
Director, Health Policy Studies
Pacific Research Institute, San Francisco
"In Reforming the Health Care System, noted health care economist and author Dr. John Goodman points in clear and concise language how government programs are fraught with perverse incentives that distort choices for individuals. He concludes that if we could keep government from causing harm, America would have a pretty good health care system. This book is must reading for everyone." - Sally C. Pipes, President and CEO, Pacific Research Institute
