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BL
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968012
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b722382
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Cannon, Michael F.
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| Title & Author
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Healthy competition : : what's holding back health care and how to free it /\ Michael F. Cannon Michael D. Tanner.
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| Edition Statement
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Rev. ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Cato Institute,, ©2007.
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xiii, 189 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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1933995106
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: 9781933995106
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| Notes
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"Second edition"--Cover.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Foreword / George P. Shultz -- Introduction : what can competition do for patients? -- pt. I. The state of America's health care system -- 1. What's right -- 2. Real problems -- pt. II. Misdiagnosis -- 3. How not to reform health care -- pt. III. Underlying diseases, strong medicine -- 4. Too much of a good thing can be very bad -- 5. Tax policy and health care -- 6. Government health programs -- 7. Choice and competition, or controls? -- 8. Medical malpractice reform -- Conclusion.
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Health care reform-- United States.
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Medical care-- United States.
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Medical policy-- United States.
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Health care reform.
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Medical care.
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Medical policy.
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Health Care Reform-- United States.
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Economic Competition-- United States.
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Economics, Medical-- United States.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.10973
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RA395.A3C36 2007
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| Added Entry
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Tanner, Michael,1956-
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