Why Obama's Government Takeover of Health Care Will Be a Disaster (Encounter Broadsides) |  | Author: David Gratzer
Publisher: Encounter Books
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Pages: 48
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Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.6 x 0.2
ISBN: 1594034605
Dewey Decimal Number: 338
EAN: 9781594034602
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Publication Date: November 10, 2009 (New: Last 30 Days)
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If Barack Obama has his way, the American health care system is headed for a train wreck. In this vital expose, Dr. David Gratzer reveals how a government takeover by Washington will put a massive new bureaucracy between doctors and patients, create rationing, and kill the spirit of innovation that has made American high tech medicine a world leader in the treatment of cancer and other diseases. Dr. Gratzer, a first-hand witness of the failures of Canada’s healthcare system, shows why socialized medicine will make America sick. Examining the realities of existing health care in this country, Dr. Gratzer reveals how basic free market reforms can revive the private system we already have, without ruining the patient / doctor relationship, stifling scientific advances, and further devastating our economy.
Hardhitting and to the point, Why Obama’s Government Takeover of Health-Care Will Be a Disaster takes us inside Obama’s high stakes gamble with our health care system and shows us why we should be afraid, very afraid, of the possible outcome.
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The Indict this Socialism Deserves November 22, 2009
Bernard Chapin (CHICAGO! USA)
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3I1YCTGKWBW6I More government isn't reform, it's devolution. Gratzer's suggestions are what I call reform and the stuff of change and hope. An excellent book indeed.
Summary of What's Wrong with Public Health Care November 16, 2009
Heather Veinott
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Excellent short book on all that's wrong with ObamaCare. Dr. Gratzer is a former Canadian psychiatrist who has had exposure to both Canadian and US health care systems. He provides evidence that many health outcomes are significantly better in the US on average. The major tenets of Obama's health care reform are provided and critiqued. The book also provides a much needed reminder of how we got into our current situation. In the 1940s, as a result of wage and price controls, employers started offering health insurance when they couldn't offer higher salaries. Then the IRS made insurance premiums paid by employers non-taxable. Gradually, most services became covered by employment based health plans, thus separating the cost of the service from the consumer. This could only lead to rising costs, leaving those without employer based coverage unable to afford care. It has been government intervention, not the free market, which has lead to many of our current problems. The book offers a useful quick summary to anyone concerned about the current health care reform.
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