Clear Answers: The Economics and Politics of For-Profit Medicine - Couverture souple

Taft, Kevin; Steward, Gillian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1552200833 ISBN 13 : 9781552200834

Editeur : Duval House Publishing, 2000

Synopsis

Le gouvernement de l'Alberta sous Ralph Klein a posé une question raisonnable : peut-on mieux fournir des soins de santé en partie comme un produit privé à but lucratif plutôt que comme un service public à but non lucratif? Mais, malgré les affirmations des défenseurs de la médecine axée sur le marché, les hôpitaux privés ne sont ni moins chers ni plus efficaces que les hôpitaux publics. Clear Answers résume l'énorme corpus de preuves montrant qu'ils sont plus chers et moins efficaces.

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Kevin Taft never thought he'd be a politician. A public policy analyst and head of his own Edmonton-based consulting company, Kevin's life took a sharp turn when he returned to Alberta in 1994 after a year away studying for a business degree. "Alberta had changed," he recalls. "The government was gutting our health care system without a plan, throwing people's lives into chaos." Kevin watched in growing dismay as the government took aim at education and other public services Albertans had carefully built over many years. In 1997, Kevin wrote Shredding the Public Interest, a national bestseller which confirmed many Albertans' concerns about the PCs. Clear Answers, a second bestseller in 2000, co-authored by Gillian Steward, exploded the myths of private, for-profit health care. Kevin stepped into public life in 2001, handily winning his Edmonton Riverview seat in the provincial election. In 2004, he was elected Leader of the Alberta Liberals and of the Loyal Opposition in the Alberta Legislature. In 2007 his third book was published, Democracy Derailed, and in 2012 his fourth book, Follow the Money, which he co-authored with Mel MacMillan and Junaid Jahangir. Both books continue Kevin's critical analysis of Alberta politics and public policy. Kevin stepped down from the Legislature when he chose not to run in the 2012 election. He continues to live and write in Edmonton.

Gillian Steward is a Calgary writer and journalist, and former managing editor of the Calgary Herald. Her column appears every other week.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Duval House Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1552200833
• ISBN 13: 9781552200834
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
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• Personne responsable: non disponible