Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Five Steps to a Better Health Care System

The authors present their prescription for healing the U.S. healthcare system. Their proposal emphasizing private market competition includes: tax, insurance, and malpractice reform; an upgrade of health information; and greater competition by providers and insurers. Appendices offer estimates of the cost-saving financial impact of these reform policies. The book discusses how several problems including glaring gaps in the quality and efficiency of care, high rates of uninsurance, and out-of-control cost, can be resolved by empowering patients.