Preface -- The coming financial crisis : it's worse than you think -- Is the United States becoming Greece? -- The debt deniers -- It's about entitlements, stupid -- Social security : facing up to ponzi -- Medicare: the 800/pound gorilla -- Medicaid : strike two for government health care --...

Conflicts of interest, misrepresentation of clinical trials, hospital price fixing, and massive expenditures for procedures of dubious efficacy--these and other critical flaws leave little doubt that the current U.S. health-care system is in need of an overhaul. In this essential guide,...

Health politics and political action -- Health policy and corporate influences -- Healthcare reform today and for the future -- Health status of the population and vulnerable groups -- Access to care -- Aging and long-term care -- Organizations -- Labor issues -- Quality of care -- Financing...

This groundbreaking book is based on an innovative model developed by David Shore that serves as the foundation for his Forces of Change program. Forces of Change offers an invaluable guide and sourcebook for the latest thinking on how organizations and their leaders can navigate an...