{"product_id":"false-premise-false-promise-the-disastrous-reality-of-medicare-for-all-paperback","title":"False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSally C. Pipes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican health care is at a crossroads. Health spending reached $3.5 trillion in 2017. Yet more than 27 million people remain uninsured. And it's unclear if all that spending is buying higher-quality care. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Patients, doctors, insurers, and the government acknowledge that the status quo is unsustainable. America's last attempt at health care reform--Obamacare--didn't work. Nearly a decade after its passage, Democrats are calling for a government takeover of the nation's health care system: Medicare for All. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Supporters of Medicare for All assert the right to health care, promising universal, high-quality care to all Americans at no cost. With a sales pitch like that, it's no wonder the idea has broad support. Democrats, particularly progressive ones, hope to capitalize on this enthusiasm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here Sally C. Pipes makes a case against Medicare for All. Using evidence from government-run systems in Canada and the U.K. she explains how single-payer health care makes a litany of promises it can't possibly keep. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Between unpacking the plans under consideration in Congress--including the real costs behind the claims--and detailing the horrors of single-payer care in other countries, Pipes highlights how Americans actually fare better than their peers in Canada and the U.K. on health outcomes. Included are heart-wrenching stories of the human costs of free, universal, government-run health care systems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pipes concludes with her vision for delivering the affordable, accessible, quality care the American people are looking for.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSally C. Pipes is president, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy at the Pacific Research Institute, a San Francisco-based think tank founded in 1979. Prior to becoming president of PRI in 1991, she was assistant director of the Fraser Institute, based in Vancouver, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468565627058,"sku":"9781641770729","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/d917161aff4ad1a515e617024b7da3c5.webp?v=1779054705","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/false-premise-false-promise-the-disastrous-reality-of-medicare-for-all-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}