Health Care for Some Rights and Rationing in the United States Since 1930

Name: Health Care for Some Rights and Rationing in the United States Since 1930
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ISBN: 9780226102191

ISBN-10: 022610219X

ISBN-13: 9780226102191

Edition: 2013

Authors: Beatrix Hoffman

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The 2010 Affordable Care Act is a sweeping reform to the US health care system. Despite the fact that nearly every other developed country in the world considers health care a right, the passage of the act in the United States was hard fought because of a staunch and vocal opposition to universal health care among many American lawmakers. Why has the United States been so continually divided on this issue? In Health Care for Some, Beatrix Hoffman offers an explanation in the form of an engaging and in-depth look at America’s long tradition of unequal access to health care.Hoffman argues that two main features have characterized the US health system: a refusal to adopt a right to care and a…

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List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/22/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Introduction


Rationing and Rights History and Definitions


Prologue Rights and Rationing Before 1930



The Struggle for Health Care in the Great Depression



A Crisis of Access



Social Security without Health Security



Prosperity and Exclusion, 1941-64



Health Care at War



Rights to Refuse: The Triumph of the Hospital



Rationing by Coverage: The Rise of Private Health Insurance



New Entitlements and New Movements, 1965-80



Entitlements but Not Rights: Medicare and Medicaid



The Rise of Health Care Activism



Rights vs. Markets, 1981-2008



Emergency Rooms and Epidemics



At the Breaking Point


Epilogue: Rights, Rationing, and Reform


Acknowledgments


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index