CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART I
WHO KILLED HEALTH CARE?

CHAPTER 1
THE DAY HEALTH CARE DIED

PART II
DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS

CHAPTER 2
KILLER NUMBER 1: THE HEALTH INSURERS
Death at the Hands of a Dysfunctional Culture

CHAPTER 3
KILLER NUMBER 2: THE GENERAL HOSPITALS
Death at the Hands of Empire Builders

CHAPTER 4
KILLER NUMBER 3: THE EMPLOYERS
Death at the Hands of a "Choice" of One

CHAPTER 5
KILLER NUMBER 4: THE U.S. CONGRESS
Death at the Hands of Those Elected to Represent Us

CHAPTER 6
KILLER NUMBER 5: THE ACADEMICS
Death at the Hands of the Elite Policy Makers

PART III
THE RIGHT MEDICINE: CONSUMER-DRIVEN HEALTH CARE

CHAPTER 7
HOW IT WORKS

CHAPTER 8
CONSUMER-DRIVEN BENEFITS: LESSONS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND INDUSTRIES

PART IV
HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN: THE CARROTS, THE STICKS, THE LAWS

CHAPTER 9
THE CARROTS
Let Medical Business Entrepreneurialism Bloom

CHAPTER 10
THE STICKS
Let Information Flow

CHAPTER 11
A BOLD NEW CONSUMER-DRIVEN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
The Laws and Their Legislators

NOTES

INDEX