U.S. Health Care Reform

December 1, 1993

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Ellen Marie Nedde. U.S. Health Care Reform, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1993) accessed December 26, 2024

Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate

Summary

High and rapidly rising health care costs in the United States and growing ranks of uninsured persons have brought health care reform to the top of the U.S. Administration’s policy agenda. This paper describes the health care financing system in the United States, highlights what are viewed as its most serious shortcomings, and explores possible reasons for high and rising medical care costs. After brief descriptions of alternative reform proposals, the paper discusses universal coverage under managed competition and its ability to deal with the equity and efficiency problems in the U.S. health care system.

Subject: Expenditure, Financial institutions, Health, Health care, Health care reform, Health care spending, Insurance, Insurance companies

Keywords: Benefit package, Control cost, Cost, Cost awareness, Cost control, Cost pressure, Cost saving, Cost-saving innovation, Global, Government health program, Health, Health care, Health care, Health care reform, Health care spending, Health cooperative, Insurance, Insurance companies, Medicare, Medicare outlay, Price inflation, Share, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

31
Volume:

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Series:

Working Paper No. 1993/093
Stock No:

WPIEA0931993
ISBN:

9781451951189
ISSN:

1018-5941

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