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. 2023;51(1):153-171.
doi: 10.1017/jme.2023.52. Epub 2023 May 25.

"Comprehensive Healthcare for America": Using the Insights of Behavioral Economics to Transform the U. S. Healthcare System

Paul C Sorum  1 , Christopher Stein  2 , Dale L Moore  3
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"Comprehensive Healthcare for America": Using the Insights of Behavioral Economics to Transform the U. S. Healthcare System

Paul C Sorum et al. J Law Med Ethics. 2023.

Abstract

"Comprehensive Healthcare for America" is a largely single-payer reform proposal that, by applying the insights of behavioral economics, may be able to rally patients and clinicians sufficiently to overcome the opposition of politicians and vested interests to providing all Americans with less complicated and less costly access to needed healthcare.

Keywords: Behavioral Economics; Healthcare Access; Healthcare Financing; Healthcare Reform; Libertarian Paternalism; Single Payer; Universal Healthcare.

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