Rosemary Gibson and Janardan Prasad Singh weave two hotly-debated issues in American political and economic life: the Medicare program and its future, which is up for grabs, and the growing influence of the healthcare industry, Wall Street investment firms, private equity firms, and hedge funds that are cashing in on the business of Medicare. Medicare Meltdown reveals what the ties that bind Wall Street and Washington mean for Medicare's future and for boomers who will depend on it.
Rosemary Gibson and Janardan Prasad Singh weave two hotly-debated issues in American political and economic life: the Medicare program and its future, which is up for grabs, and the growing influence of the healthcare industry, Wall Street investment firms, private equity firms, and hedge funds that are cashing in on the business of Medicare. Medicare Meltdown reveals what the ties that bind Wall Street and Washington mean for Medicare's future and for boomers who will depend on it.
Rosemary Gibson is a national authority on U.S. health care. At the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, she designed and led national initiatives to improve health care quality and safety. She was vice president of the Economic and Social Research Institute and served as senior associate at the American Enterprise Institute. She is principal author of Wall of Silence, The Treatment Trap, and The Battle Over Health Care. She serves as an editor for the Archives of Internal Medicine series, Less is More. Janardan Prasad Singh is an economist at the World Bank. He has been a member of the International Advisory Council for several prime ministers of India. He worked on economic policy at the American Enterprise Institute and on foreign policy at the United Nations. He has written extensively on health care, social policy, and economic development. He was a member of the Board of Contributors of the Wall Street Journal. He is co-author of Wall of Silence, The Treatment Trap, and The Battle Over Health Care.
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Introduction Part I: How Much Is Medicare Costing You? 1: 15 Medicare Facts That Will Astonish You 2: They're Coming for Your Social Security 3: Will Democrats and Republicans Really Fix Medicare for You? 4: Swiss Cheese Medicare: More Holes Than Cheese Part II: Where Your Money Goes: The Business of Medicare 5: A House on Medicare Drive 6: Bill, Baby, Bill 7: A Country Without Red Lights Part III: How Wall Street Determines the Care You Get 8: Medicare's One Percent 9: When Wall Street Health Care Comes to Main Street 10: Wall Street and Government: Born Forty-Eight Seconds Apart Part IV: The Entitled and the Entitlers: Taking a Slice of the American Pie 11: Seven Habits of an Entitled Health Care Industry 12: Hedge Funds: The Newest Beneficiaries of Medicare's Entitlement 13: The Entitlers: The White House and Congress Part V: Saving Medicare 14: Pull the Emergency Brake 15: Public Interest, Not Private Gain 16: Recycle the Waste, Restore the Dream Notes Index About the Authors
Introduction Part I: How Much Is Medicare Costing You? 1: 15 Medicare Facts That Will Astonish You 2: They're Coming for Your Social Security 3: Will Democrats and Republicans Really Fix Medicare for You? 4: Swiss Cheese Medicare: More Holes Than Cheese Part II: Where Your Money Goes: The Business of Medicare 5: A House on Medicare Drive 6: Bill, Baby, Bill 7: A Country Without Red Lights Part III: How Wall Street Determines the Care You Get 8: Medicare's One Percent 9: When Wall Street Health Care Comes to Main Street 10: Wall Street and Government: Born Forty-Eight Seconds Apart Part IV: The Entitled and the Entitlers: Taking a Slice of the American Pie 11: Seven Habits of an Entitled Health Care Industry 12: Hedge Funds: The Newest Beneficiaries of Medicare's Entitlement 13: The Entitlers: The White House and Congress Part V: Saving Medicare 14: Pull the Emergency Brake 15: Public Interest, Not Private Gain 16: Recycle the Waste, Restore the Dream Notes Index About the Authors
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