Why the United States lacks a national health insurance program
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Why the United States lacks a national health insurance program
(Contributions in political science, no. 331)
Greenwood Press, 1993
- : pbk
- : alk. paper
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Note
Bibliography: p. [189]-191
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Why is the United States the only advanced industrial democracy today without a national health insurance program? Laham aptly examines the reasons for the current health crisis and assesses the prospects for long-term solutions. Students, teachers, policymakers, activists, and citizens at-large will learn from this comprehensive historical analysis of the political and economic problems that have blocked needed reforms and of the debates and proposals through 1993 which argue for positive change.
Table of Contents
The Politics of National Health Insurance During the 1940s The Power of the AMA 1945-1950 The Development of Private Health Insurance 1945-1950 The Politics of National Health Insurance During the 1970s The Battle Over the Hospital Cost Containment Act 1977-1979 The Politics of National Health Insurance: Kennedy Versus Carter The Politics of National Health Insurance During the 1990s The Reemergence of National Health Insurance As a Major Political Issue Play-or-Pay Health Insurance: A Dead End to Health Care Reform The Debate on Health Care Reform 1991-1992 Bill Clinton and the Challenge of Health Care Reform Index
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