Reforming America's Health Care System: The Flawed Vision of ObamaCare

by Scott W. Atlas (Editor)

Health policy experts from the United States, Canada, and Western Europe discuss both what to expect from the recent health reform legislation and alternatives that should still be considered. The contributors argue that Americans already have a superior health care system and that if Congress enacts reforms that remove artificial barriers and constructively open markets to competition, private-sector creativity will generate innovative, low-cost insurance products for tens of millions of consumers.

216 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Courtney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick and easy read! It was incredibly interesting to read this book nearly 10 years after Obamacare was passed into law. The authors included 2020 projections/estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) for the debt inflicted on Americans because of Obamacare, and now that we're in 2022, it's insane to see how far off the projections were. It appears to me that the debt from this mandated healthcare accumulated even quicker than anticipated. Additionally, this was a good read after experiencing the madness that was the healthcare system during/after COVID. You can see how the healthcare system in the US is focused primarily on money. You can also clearly see that the more the government is involved, the worse health care is and the greater the debt becomes. While implementation of statist healthcare may (italicized) be well intentioned, the people are worse off. Healthcare is better when it is directed by the individual. Overall this book was very insightful and I'd be curious to hear what the authors would say about the state of healthcare today.