Steven A. Wartman
A realistic perspective on our health care system that is highly informative yet refreshingly optimistic when it comes to needed change.
Wayne Turnage
I could not put this book down! Every American should read it!
Henry J. Aaron
How exhilarating it is to read a book on health care policy that dispels delusions—that prevention always saves money, that we can stop growth of health care spending without rationing, that doctors always know what they are doing, that the uninsured and poor always get at least emergency care, and the biggest delusion of all—that there is no politically achievable way to extend health insurance coverage to all Americans.
Grace-Marie Turner
Health Care Half-Truths contributes significantly to the debate over health reform by correcting the biggest myths about health care in the United States. Dr. Garson and Ms. Engehard answer the false perception that the U.S. offers some of the worst health care in the developed world and even that preventive care always saves money, for example. By starting with a clearer diagnosis of the problems in the health sector, they believe policymakers will be able to build on its strengths and correct its weaknesses. The book gives policymakers a big dose of reality to guide their decisions.
Stuart M. Butler
Health care now accounts for one-sixth of the entire US economy, yet it is misunderstood by almost everyone. By challenging common myths about health care, Garson and Engelhard artfully help readers of all levels of expertise gain a far better appreciation of the strengths as well as the problems of our health care system.
David J. Skorton
Health Care Half-Truths is a fascinating book dealing with one of the most important and seemingly intractable issues of our time in the United States: equitable and high quality health care. . . . The book is highly recommended to students and teachers as well as policy makers, health care workers and anyone interested in a deeper understanding of today's health care dilemma.
Karen Davis
Health Care Half-Truths is a provocative and important book—easy to digest and stimulating to the mind! By challenging the conventional wisdom, it forces all of us to rethink what we know about American health care.
J. James Rohack
Before one can make a cure, one has to get the right diagnosis. This book is an outstanding addition to the debate on fixing American healthcare with its thoughtful exposure of myths with well researched reality. It is a must read for the public, payers, physicians and policy makers.
Newt Gingrich
Garson and Engelhard make a fundamental point that all policymakers, business leaders, and healthcare stakeholders must hear: change is possible. Despite all the myths, half truths, and real-world problems, we can build a 21st century intelligent health system that saves lives and saves money for every American. The authors pull no punches, and by doing so make an important and lasting contribution.
