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From a giant of health care policy, an engaging and enlightening account of why American health care is so expensive--and why it doesn't have to be. Uwe Reinhardt was a towering figure and moral conscience of health care policy in the United States and beyond. Famously bipartisan, he advised presidents and Congress on health reform and originated central features of the Affordable Care Act. In Priced Out, Reinhardt offers an engaging and enlightening account of today's U.S. health care system, explaining why it costs so much more and delivers so much less than the systems of every other advanced country, why this situation is morally indefensible, and how we might improve it. The problem, Reinhardt says, is not one of economics but of social ethics. There is no American political consensus on a fundamental question other countries settled long ago: to what extent should we be our brothers' and sisters' keepers when it comes to health care? An incisive look at the American health care system, Priced Out dispels the confusion, ignorance, myths, and misinformation that hinder effective reform.

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Uwe E. Reinhardt (1937-2017) was the James Madison Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, where he taught for nearly fifty years. He wrote a regular column for the New York Times blog Economix. Paul Krugman is the author of The Conscience of a Liberal and contributed to Uwe E. Reinhardt's Priced Out. Paul Krugman is the author of The Conscience of a Liberal and contributed to Uwe E. Reinhardt's Priced Out. William H. Frist is the co-author of An Introduction to Health Policy: A Primer for Physicians and Medical Students and contributed to Uwe E. Reinhardt's Priced Out. William H. Frist is the co-author of An Introduction to Health Policy: A Primer for Physicians and Medical Students and contributed to Uwe E. Reinhardt's Priced Out. Bob Souer is a full-time professional storyteller, voice actor, and AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator. He has narrated broadcast and nonbroadcast projects for corporations and ministries across North America. His voice has been heard on PBS, the History Channel, the Military Channel, and many other networks. He has also narrated radio and television programs for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, D. James Kennedy Ministries, SIM, and Compassion International.

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