The American Health Care System

Abstract

...This report introduces a series on the current system of health care in the United States and how it operates, particularly as it affects the practicing physician. In this report I shall discuss some of the economic trends that shape the system and are driving calls for its reform and briefly describe the variety of health insurance programs that finance most health care in the United States. In subsequent reports, I shall describe key sectors of the health economy and discuss how each affects the practicing physician....