01941cam a2200313 4500 136483742 TxAuBib 20130430120000.0 120905|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012028745 9780307961549 hardback 0307961540 hardback TxAuBib Goldhill, David. Catastrophic care [HC] : how American health care killed my father--and how we can fix it / David Goldhill. First edition. viii, 369 pages ; 20 cm. How American health care killed my father -- Island-speak. Eleven strange things we all believe about health care -- The hidden beast. The myth of affordable care -- The disconnect. The absence of consumers in health care -- The fallacy. Why we always think we need more health care -- The seduction. Forty-five years of Medicare -- The mirage of efficiency. Why the cost curve won't bend -- The tyranny of rules. Why everything is so complicated -- Last gasp. The ACA and the insurance fixation -- In search of balance. How should we pay for health care? -- Green shoots. Foundations of a better system -- Transition. Can we get there from here? -- Mae West didn't know health care -- Appendix 1. Unintended consequences -- Appendix 2. Déjà vu -- Appendix 3. Shifting the government's focus to better health. 20130430. Medical care, Cost of United States. Health insurance United States. Health services accessibility United States. Medical errors United States. MEDICAL / Health Policy. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Insurance / Health. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy. Goldhill, David., New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. 978-0-307-96154-9.jpg Cover image