Health Care Revolution From Medical Monopoly to Market Competition

Name: Health Care Revolution From Medical Monopoly to Market Competition
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ISBN: 9780520254800

ISBN-10: 0520254805

ISBN-13: 9780520254800

Edition: 2008

Authors: Carl F. Ameringer, Milbank Memorial Fund Staff

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America's market-based health care system, unique among the nations of the world, is in large part the product of an obscure, yet profound, revolution that overthrew the medical monopoly in the late 1970s. In this lucid, balanced account, Carl F. Ameringer tells how this revolution came into being when the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress prompted the antitrust agencies of the federal government--the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department--to change the rules of the health care system. Ameringer lays out the key events that led up to this regime change; explores its broader social, political, and economic contexts; examines the views of both its proponents and opponents; and…

Book details

Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/9/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.94" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.100



Foreword



Preface


Introduction



The Professional Regime



Precursors of Change



The Triumph of Market Theory



The Federal Trade Commission Takes the Lead



The AMA Case



A Question of Jurisdiction



Drawing the Line between Clinical and Business Practices



The Quest for Antitrust Relief



The Demonization of Managed Care


Conclusion


References


Index