"This book should be required reading for every physician in the United States." (Health Affairs, Vol 23, No 4; July/August 2004)

“A brief review cannot do justice to the range of issues explored in this volume… Toward a 21^st Century Health System repays careful study.” (Health Service Journal, April 2004)

"After three decades of trying to reform health care...by looking for a 'silver bullet,' I found the future has been here for more than a century.  Policymakers tired of banging heads and gavels on stone walls need look no further than this well-designed analysis of prepaid group practice for the incentives necessary to enhance health system quality, safety and performance, expand access and equity, and vastly improve the professional-patient relationship."
—Hon. David Durenberger, U. S. Senator (1978-1995), Senior Health Policy Fellow, University of St. Thomas

"If you wonder why the American health system...is judged by distinguished experts as the poster boy of underachievement, read this collection of fine essays by longtime students of that system.... The book is a particularly valuable read for students of medicine, health administration and health policy. Here they will learn...how much better value might be wrung out of the health system for the truly ample resources Americans grant it."
—Uwe Reinhardt, James Madison professor of Political Economy, Princeton University