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    Power to the Patient: Selected Health Care Issues and Policy Solutions
    Power to the Patient: Selected Health Care Issues and Policy Solutions
    Power to the Patient: Selected Health Care Issues and Policy Solutions
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    Power to the Patient: Selected Health Care Issues and Policy Solutions

    By Scott W. Atlas, MD

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    The debate rages on over how to cope with the rising costs of medical care—proposed solutions range from a single payer system with a broad government control to loosely defined market-driven plans. The authors look at three key elements of health care costs and offer thoughtful, realistic suggestions to help stem the tide of rising expenses for everyone.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIndependent Publishers Group
    Release dateSep 1, 2013
    ISBN9780817945930
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      Power to the Patient - Scott W. Atlas, MD

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      Chapter One

      Power to the Patient: The Right Choice to Control Health Care Costs

      Scott W. Atlas, M.D.

      Background

      There is little question that health care was near the top of the list of domestic issues in the minds of voters in this past year’s presidential election. Unfortunately, health care is one of the more complicated issues to address. Patients, doctors, and employers are dissatisfied with the current system, which they view as bloated, unnecessarily complex, restrictive, and at the same time increasingly costly. Proposed solutions to these problems run the gamut from loosely defined, consumer-driven plans to a single-payer system with broad government control. This diversity of opinion on health care often masks the widely shared goals of high-quality medical care, broad access, and

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