(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- There is a secret inside health care, and it’s this: We can do health care for a lot less money. The only way to do that is to do it a lot better. We know it’s possible because it is happening now. In pockets and branches across health care, people are receiving better health care for a lot less. Some employers, states, tribes, and health systems are doing health care a little differently.

Healthcare Beyond Reform: Doing It Right for Half the Cost, by Joe Flower (Productivity Press, 2012), explains how this new kind of health care is not about rationing and cutbacks. It’s not about getting less; it’s about getting more—getting better and friendlier health care, where you need it, when you need it.

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How? The answer is mostly not in Washington; it’s not conservative or liberal. The answer is mostly not about who pays for health care. The answer is mostly about who gets paid, and what we pay them for.

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