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Including a new introduction by author David Gratzer, MD
THE CURE:
HOW CAPITALISM CAN SAVE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE

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"David Gratzer is a practicing psychiatrist who combines firsthand
knowledge of medical practice in both his native Canada and the U.S.
with an independent point of view and a rare capacity for lucid
exposition of complex technical material. . . If you want a
well-written, interesting yet authoritative and thorough account of
what is wrong with medicine today and how to cure American health
care, this is the book for you."

• Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate, Economics (from foreword to The Cure)

(Encounter Books, October 2006)
By Dr. David Gratzer, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute

With Foreword by Milton Friedman

Dr. David Gratzer's newest book The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save
American Health Care has received nation-wide acclaim, inciting the
Wall Street Journal to recommend that "our nation's policy makers read
The Cure" and prompting the Washington Post to describe Gratzer's work
as "an artful job of concisely laying out what ails the U.S. system
and how things got to be that way."

The Cure is commanding the attention of politicians, pundits, and
American readers across the country. Dr. Gratzer has received calls
from national Senators and Representatives, he has been hosted by over
forty of America’s most popular media hosts, and he has delivered the
keynote address at major medical conferences from coast to coast –
including the World Health Congress in Washington DC.

With a book that the late Milton Friedman called "a well-written,
interesting yet authoritative and thorough account of what is wrong
with medicine today and how to cure American health care," Dr. David
Gratzer will surely have an increasing role to play as health care
inevitably rises to the top of the American political agenda.

ABOUT THE BOOK

We are surrounded by medical miracles: polio has been eradicated;
childhood leukemia is now treatable; death by cardiovascular disease
has declined by two-thirds in the last fifty years. Yet while American
medicine has never been better, angst over American health care has
never been greater.

Why is American health care such a mess? In this pathbreaking
book—Nobel laureate Milton Friedman calls it "fascinating and
thorough"—Dr. David Gratzer goes to the heart of the problem, showing
that the crisis in American health care stems largely from its
addiction to outmoded and discredited economic ideas.

What needs to be done? Dr. Gratzer mounts a bold and provocative
argument, rejecting the conventional wisdom that socialized health
care is compassionate and that top-down government agencies like the
FDA actually save lives. Instead, he prescribes a strong dose of
capitalism.

The Cure offers a detailed overview of American health care, from
economics and politics to medical science. Weighing in on the most
controversial topics in health care, Dr. Gratzer makes the case that
it’s possible to reduce health expenses, insure millions more, and
improve quality of care while not growing government or raising taxes.
An award-wining author and essayist, he is a master storyteller,
enlivening his book with anecdotes, interviews, and stories drawn from
his own extensive clinical experience. He details the cardiac woes of
Robert E. Lee and Dick Cheney, describes a chat over coffee with
Canada’s foremost private medical entrepreneur (an acquaintance of
Fidel Castro, as it happens), and explains the evolution of his own
thinking, from advocating HillaryCare as a medical student to
promoting individual choice and competition today.

The patient is in critical condition; Dr. Gratzer diagnoses the
disease and prescribes the cure.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David Gratzer, a licensed physician in the US and Canada, is a senior
fellow at the Manhattan Institute. His research interests include
Medicare and Medicaid, drug reimportation, and FDA reform.

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212-871-5741

Book Info:

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ISBN: 1594031533
Hardcover

ISBD: 159403219X
Softcover

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