Consumer Driven Health Care Author:Roger D. Blackwell, Thomas E. Williams, Alan A. Ayers CONSUMER DRIVEN HEALTH CARE IS INFORMATIVE and entertaining reading for executives who want to know more about reducing the high costs of health care, consumers unhappy with the growing proportion of their paychecks going to health insurance premiums and co-pays on physician visits and prescription drugs, and health care providers and policy mak... more »ers looking for a detailed, easy-to-understand explanation of "America?s Two Trillion Dollar Crisis." Drs. Roger Blackwell and Tom Williams provide a detailed, easy-to-understand explanation of America?s Two Trillion Dollar Crisis in health care and it?s impact on every American that:
?Explains why, at $1.7 trillion, the US spends more on health care than any other country. but achieves less on almost every health-related measure.
?Demonstrates why high health insurance premiums have led to a "jobless" economic recovery and continue to push U.S. jobs overseas, while also leaving 45 million Americans without any health insurance coverage.
?Provides a new model for health care delivery, based on consumers (rather than third-party payers) directing their own health care dollars to the most efficient and effective treatment options.
?Embraces public health and prevention, addressing the growing obesity epidemic and providing practical advice in achieving "better health" while avoiding higher health care costs.« less