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Lives at Risk: Single-Payer National Health Insurance Around the World

Author	John C. Goodman, Gerald L. Musgrave, Devon M. Herrick
Language	English
Genre	Health Care Economics
Publisher	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date	August 28, 2004
Publication place	United States
Pages	727
ISBN	978-0-7425-4152-8
OCLC	54817209
Dewey Decimal	368.4/2 22
LC Class	RA412 .G66 2004
Preceded by	Patient Power

Lives at Risk is a book about modern health care systems, written by John C. Goodman, Gerald L. Musgrave, and Devon M. Herrick, and released in 2004. It examines the flaws of current health care systems and proposes reforms for the health care system in the United States. In doing so it examines 20 common assumptions about government involvement in health care systems which the authors argue are myths. The book continues on to discuss the economics and politics behind health care in the United States, and proposes market based reforms.

References

1. NCPA: Lives at Risk: Single-Payer National Health Insurance Around the World Archived 2006-12-01 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• "NCPA report on which part of the book was based". Archived from the original on 1997-04-06. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
• http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/html/pa532/pa532index.html - One analysis which the book is based upon.
• Goodman, John C.; Musgrave, Gerald L.; Herrick, Devon M. (2004). Lives at risk limited view. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780742541528.

• Healthcare reform in the United States