Synopsis
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The Paid-for Option details the manner in which US Health-care Reform can actually pay for itself. This is possible only if we stop treating Health-care as if it were some grand
exception to the laws of both economics and physics. Where else in the economy do we accept 40-60% of the budget to cover ‘waste, fraud and inefficiency,’ – and then add another
$160 billion dollars in discretionary spending, just in case? If the Paid-for Option, through the application of innovation, technology, and evidence-based management, reduces
expenditures by even 5 or 10% per year, this can make the difference between a trillion dollar deficit – and no deficit at all.
Testimonials
“It is refreshing to see how the authors embrace the ability of American know-how to radically increase healthcare productivity at a time when it is so desperately needed.”
“The Knowledge Gap is one of the great problems faced by modern enterprise, whether in the private or public sector. This book provides a step-by-step analysis of how to recognize and overcome the
problems caused by guessing rather than knowing.”
“This book presents a solution to a major national problem -- how to reduce the cost of health care. Ed Peters has a unique and creative ability to use transactional analytics to answer the problems managers
and executives can not see in their own businesses. That basic problem is ‘what is really going on here’? With the national conundrum about health care being cost reduction, Ed offers a viable answer
that attacks the politically and economically unassailable. The opportunity offered has to be followed if the recently passed legislation of health care is to avoid becoming a national albatross because of cost.”
“This is a very interesting, relevant, and thoughtful analysis of the on-coming economic crisis. We can all see it coming. We must summon the courage to be disciplined and engage the challenge head-on. We
must do what Americans, who have a unique entrepreneurial spirit, seem to do best: be courageous, creative and innovative. The government will not be able to solve this. We, the people, must!” |