The Economics of Health Reconsidered, Fourth Edition

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Rice strikes the critical balance between review, criticism and prescription of important topics in health care economics. For example, in chapter 5 he refers to the major contributions of libertarian (Nozick) utilitarian and normative (Rawls) thinkers on the question of health equality and health resource allocation. His prescription is relatively egalitarian, but he offers a thorough discussion of alternative ideas. His review of the details of health economics (and the unique challenges that health poses to anyone interested in treating it as a commodity) are insightful. An excellent reader for anyone interested in reconsidering the market model of health care.

Dr. Rice's book is an outstanding analysis of the realities that exist within our competitive market economy. Other reviewers of this text have failed to comprehend the complexities inherent in health care and health economics. The competitive market economy in many instances works in opposition to issues of health, as Dr. Rice eloquently points out throughout his book, explaining many of the health policy dilemmas that our society is currently confronted with .