Washington, D.C. : AEI Press ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, c2008.
Format:
Book
vii, 107 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-105).
Contents:
History of Medicare physician payment policy
Goal and flaws of Medicare physician payment policy
Not-so-real reforms
Real reform : Medicare indemnities
Medicare supplementary insurance must go
Physician market power and indemnities
Let's give it a try : a demonstration of indemnities.
Publisher's Summary:
Health economist Roger Feldman argues that a radical shift in Medicare policy is not only possible but imperative. Under Feldman's medical indemnity proposal, Medicare would pay each patient a fixed amount of money, reserving larger subsidies for sicker people. Feldman argues that a radical shift in Medicare policy is not only possible but imperative. (source: Nielsen Book Data)