The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care

In the end, the United States, with a more limited view of the social contract, leaves its people to rely on the purchase of medical care as the main lever for attaining or improving health.

In both cases, providers and patients are working toward their own self-interest given the health care choices they face. Health care providers are trying to make the best living possible by structuring days to see a maximum number of patients, in light of the demands that administrative and paperwork place on their time. Patients and their familie