The Future of Health Policy

by Victor Fuchs

Fuchs (economics, Stanford U.) presents the basic concepts and facts necessary to understand the ongoing debate about health care reform in the US. Any program that benefits society as a whole will inevitable burden certain individuals and groups, he says, and the critical issues are decoupling health care from employment, taming but not destroying technological advances, and coping with the increased costs of an aging population. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1993