Gruber vs. Goodman
Gruber and Goodman are two economist that are trying to help the public understand exactly what is going on in the Health care economy. They both feel that they have a grasp on exactly what is going to fix the situation, but their ideas are vastly different. Each thinks a different party should be in charge.
Summaries
Both of these economists have ideas about what would help fix the health care issues. Their books are filled with their ideas on what patients, doctors, insurance companies, and the government should do to fix the issues.
Gruber
Gruber uses a comic book style of writing to simplistically explain issues within health care, and how recent health care reform might help address some of the issues. He uses 4 relatable …show more content…
This is an important thing to note, because it is something that would help the average person understand what is going on. This will lead to people making more informed decisions. That aside, I think that the book mostly just tells the thinking behind laws that were made. It doesn’t really do a great job of proving that these laws will actually work. I think the author also leaves out pertinent information to make things seem simpler. For instance, when he was comparing the amount spent on healthcare from 1969 to now, he left out a huge reason why. He “glosses over one obvious reason, namely the aging of the baby boom generation, while examining the big business that health care has become (Health Care Reform, 2012).” It is just simple supply and demand theory that the more people there are the more demand there will be for healthcare. Another issue that he glosses over is Massachusetts’ cost problems. “In Gruber’s view, Massachusetts represents exhibit A in why the Affordable Care Act will succeed (Connolly, …show more content…
Goodman says, “No change in public policy is “more important than giving patients more control over health care dollars (Hogberg, 2011).” He makes it clear throughout his book that he thinks that “Obamacare” is a catastrophe, and not the way to fix the issues that we have (Hogberg, 2011). On the other end of that, Gruber praises it throughout his whole book (Caplan, 2012). He comes off almost like a sales-person trying to sell the idea of Obamacare. He does this while leaving out things such as the fact that government programs are actually increasing the demand and costs for healthcare (Caplan,
Gruber and Goodman are two economist that are trying to help the public understand exactly what is going on in the Health care economy. They both feel that they have a grasp on exactly what is going to fix the situation, but their ideas are vastly different. Each thinks a different party should be in charge.
Summaries
Both of these economists have ideas about what would help fix the health care issues. Their books are filled with their ideas on what patients, doctors, insurance companies, and the government should do to fix the issues.
Gruber
Gruber uses a comic book style of writing to simplistically explain issues within health care, and how recent health care reform might help address some of the issues. He uses 4 relatable …show more content…
This is an important thing to note, because it is something that would help the average person understand what is going on. This will lead to people making more informed decisions. That aside, I think that the book mostly just tells the thinking behind laws that were made. It doesn’t really do a great job of proving that these laws will actually work. I think the author also leaves out pertinent information to make things seem simpler. For instance, when he was comparing the amount spent on healthcare from 1969 to now, he left out a huge reason why. He “glosses over one obvious reason, namely the aging of the baby boom generation, while examining the big business that health care has become (Health Care Reform, 2012).” It is just simple supply and demand theory that the more people there are the more demand there will be for healthcare. Another issue that he glosses over is Massachusetts’ cost problems. “In Gruber’s view, Massachusetts represents exhibit A in why the Affordable Care Act will succeed (Connolly, …show more content…
Goodman says, “No change in public policy is “more important than giving patients more control over health care dollars (Hogberg, 2011).” He makes it clear throughout his book that he thinks that “Obamacare” is a catastrophe, and not the way to fix the issues that we have (Hogberg, 2011). On the other end of that, Gruber praises it throughout his whole book (Caplan, 2012). He comes off almost like a sales-person trying to sell the idea of Obamacare. He does this while leaving out things such as the fact that government programs are actually increasing the demand and costs for healthcare (Caplan,