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"We don't really have a health care delivery system in this country. We have an expensive plethora of uncoordinated, unlinked, economically segregated, operationally limited micro systems, each performing in ways that too often create suboptimal performance both for the overall health care infrastructure and for individual patients." -from the Introduction Praise for Health Care Reform Now! "George Halvorson convincingly argues that the United States finally has what it needs to make universal coverage a reality and lays out a plan to get us there. It should be required reading on Capitol Hill." -Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA), chairman, Ways and Means Health Subcommittee "George Halvorson's timing couldn't be better. This is a book that everyone who is searching for solutions should read." -Helen Darling, president, National Business Group on Health "Halvorson's comprehensive approach, rooted in a practical understanding of the complexities of American health care, helps us focus on what matters." -Ian Morrison, Ph.D., health care futurist and author, Health Care in the New Millennium "This book is powerful and compelling. It's just the right book for this time." -Jeffrey C. McGuiness, president, HR Policy AssociationHalvorson, George C. is the author of 'Health Care Reform Now! A Prescription for Change', published 2007 under ISBN 9780787997526 and ISBN 0787997528.
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