Exposed
Why Our Health Insurance Is Incomplete and What Can Be Done about It
$74.95
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
17 December 2019
Summary
A sharp exposé of the roots of the cost-exposure consensus in American health care that shows how the next wave of reform can secure real access and efficiency.
The toxic battle over how to reshape American health care has overshadowed the underlying bipartisan agreement that health insurance coverage should be incomplete. Both Democrats and Republicans expect patients to bear a substantial portion of health care costs through deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance. In th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674972162 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674972163 |
| Author: | Christopher T. Robertson |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 17 December 2019 |
| Weight: | 528g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 235mm |
Critics Review
Read this important and timely book. Then send it to every politician and health policy wonk you know. Your financial solvency and health depend on their learning what this book teaches.
Read this important and timely book. Then send it to every politician and health policy wonk you know. Your financial solvency and health depend on their learning what this book teaches. – Arthur L. Caplan, NYU Langone Medical Center
A masterful forensic dissection of the self-imposed plague of health care financing, and options for potential cures. A must-read for all health care students, leaders, and elected officials. – Richard Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United States
In this sweeping and superb book, Robertson exposes the dark side of an appealing American narrative: that giving insured patients ‘cost-sharing’ responsibilities is good for us all. Exposed reveals that doing so creates problems much bigger than the one it aims to solve. – Michelle M. Mello, Stanford Law School
Exposed forcefully and persuasively demolishes the shibboleth that the so-called ‘cost-share’ elements of insurance in the U.S. cut costs and improve healthcare decisions and outcomes. A must-read for anyone interested in making sense of the morass of U.S. healthcare. – George Loewenstein, Carnegie Mellon University
A powerful argument against patient cost-sharing. Through extensive data, international experiences, and a deep dive into theory and philosophy, Exposed convincingly demonstrates that charging sick people is not only a blatantly unfair practice, but one that also has little financial benefit and risks further health impairment. – Thomas Rice, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
An important addition to a debate that is sure to be front and center in the 2020 elections. – Glenn Altschuler * Florida Courier *
Compassionate, timely, content heavy, and incredibly well written…After reading it, one hopes that Robertson, one of the true expert voices in health law and policy, continues engineering creative ideas for years and years to come. – Isaac D. Buck * Journal of Legal Medicine *
Christopher T. Robertson
Christopher T. Robertson is Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Professor of Law at the University of Arizona. He also teaches at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. Robertson’s articles have been published in leading outlets such as the New England Journal of Medicine and featured in the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, and on NBC News and NPR.
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