One nation, uninsured : why the U.S. has no national health insurance

One nation, uninsured : why the U.S. has no national health insurance /

Every industrial nation in the world guarantees their citizens access to essential health care services - every country, that is, except the United States. Indeed, one in eight Americans - a shocking 43 million people - the majority in working families, do not have any health care insurance. This ti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Quadagno, Jill S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
National health insurance > United States > History > 20th century.
Medically uninsured persons > United States > History > 20th century.
Health insurance > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Right to health > United States > History > 20th century.
Health services accessibility > United States > History > 20th century.
Health care reform > United States > History > 20th century.
Medical policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Health insurance > United States.
Medical policy.
Medically uninsured persons.
Politics, Practical.
Health insurance > United States > History > 20th century.
National Health Insurance, United States
Health Policy
Medically Uninsured
Politics
Universal Health Insurance
United States
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • 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 US has no national health insurance and what can be done about it.

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