Restoring fiscal sanity 2007 : the health spending challenge /

Restoring fiscal sanity 2007 : the health spending challenge /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Brookings Institution
Other Authors: Rivlin, Alice M., Antos, Joseph R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Medical care, Cost of > United States.
Medical care > United States > Cost control.
Health care reform > Economic aspects > United States.
Medical economics > United States.
Health Expenditures.
Health Care Reform > economics.
National Health Programs > economics.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Rising health care spending--federal and national
  • Strategies for slowing the growth of health spending
  • The challenge of Medicare
  • The role of Medicaid
  • Leveraging other federal health systems
  • Private payer roles in moving to more efficient health spending
  • Cost containment and the politics of health care reform
  • Building public support for slowing the growth of health care spending.