The privatization of health care reform: Legal and regulatory perspectives

Covers wide range of matters, from the laws that enabled the sea change to occur to the way in which the new system has been able to avoid regulation as successfully as its predecessor did. When costs are exploding, the number of uninsured persons is escalating as a result of unemployment, the cost of health insurance premiums is skyrocketing, the commitment of employers to workers and to continue insurance coverage for retirees is declining, and debt-riddled state governments are cutting back on outlays for public health care programs. If there were ever a time when government intervention was in order, this would be it. Today, the health care system has morphed into innumerable, essentially unregulated large businesses that continue to rely on deregulation and market dominance to get their way (and not an inconsiderable number of them are physician-owned). Offers important insights into the importance of this transformation