Earl L. Grinols, James W. Henderson

Health Care for Us All

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Produktbeschreibung

Health Care for Us All challenges the common belief that health care problems in the United States are difficult and possibly insoluble.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9780521738255
• ISBN-10: 0521738253
• Artikelnr.: 26034092

Autorenporträt

Earl L. Grinols has served as Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University since 2004. He previously taught at MIT, Cornell University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois. Professor Grinols worked as a research economist for the Department of the Treasury and as Senior Economist for the Council of Economic Advisers. He has extensively published in the fields of finance, public finance, international economics, and macroeconomics. He is the author of three previous books, including Gambling in America: Costs and Benefits (2004), also published by Cambridge University Press. He has testified before Congress and in numerous statehouses, and his work has been cited by leading newspapers and news outlets such as the Economist, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, the Financial Times, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Time, US News and World Report, Washington Post, New York Times, and many others.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Goals and Working Principles: 1. Introduction
2. Goals
3. Principles
Part II. Background Economics and Ethics: 4. Markets, VPOs, government
5. Education, charity, and the American ethical base
Part III. Application: 6. Why government in health care?
7. Insurance
8. The new Baylor plan
Part IV. Protective Measures: 9. Forestalling free-riders
10. Preserving prices
11. Inducing innovation
12. Summary.