One Nation, Uninsured Why the U. S. Has No National Health Insurance

Name: One Nation, Uninsured Why the U. S. Has No National Health Insurance
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ISBN: 9780195312034

ISBN-10: 0195312031

ISBN-13: 9780195312034

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Authors: Jill Quadagno

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Every industrial nation in the world guarantees its citizens access to essential health care services--every country, that is, except the United States. In fact, one in eight Americans--a shocking 43 million people--do not have any health care insurance at all. One Nation, Uninsured offers a vividly written history of America's failed efforts to address the health care needs of its citizens. Covering the entire twentieth century, Jill Quadagno shows how each attempt to enact national health insurance was met with fierce attacks by powerful stakeholders, who mobilized their considerable resources to keep the financing of health care out of the government's hands. Quadagno describes how at…

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List price: $17.99
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/9/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 9.21" wide x 5.98" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Doctors' Politics and the Red Menace



Organized Labor's Health Benefits



Provider Sovereignty and Civil Rights



Don't Rock the Boat



Cost Containment versus National Health Insurance



The Revolt of the Corporate Purchaser



The Insurers Triumphant



Why the United States Has No National Health Insurance and What Can Be Done About It


Notes


Index