Foreword by John Raisian
Preface
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER ONE
How Did We Get into this Mess, and Why Will It Get Worse?
CHAPTER TWO
When Is Less Insurance Better than More?
CHAPTER THREE
How Does Good Technology Go Bad? A Tale of Two Cities (and More)
CHAPTER FOUR
Why Is the Employer-Paid Foundation of Health Insurance Riddled with Termites?
CHAPTER FIVE
Do Dollars Distort Doctor’s Decisions?
CHAPTER SIX
Why Are We All Killing Ourselves? 105
CHAPTER SEVEN
Why Is Our K–12 Educational System a Public Health Menace?
CHAPTER EIGHT
Where Does the Congress Miss Opportunities and Hit Potholes?
References
About the Author
About the Hoover Institution’s Working Group on Health Care Policy
Index

About the Author

Charles E. Phelps is University Professor and Provost Emeritus at the University of Rochester. He earned his B.A. in Mathematics from Pomona College, and his M.B.A. in Hospital Administration and Ph.D. in Business Economics from the University of Chicago.

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