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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792217203321

Autore

Quadagno Jill S

Titolo

One nation, uninsured [[electronic resource] ] : why the U.S. has no national health insurance / / Jill Quadagno

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

9786610838417

0-19-516039-8

0-19-803638-8

1-280-83841-8

1-4294-3830-4

Edizione

[Oxford University Press pbk.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

362.973

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-264) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface ; Introduction ; One: Doctors' Politics and the Red Menace ; Two: Organized Labor's Health Benefits ; Three: Provider Sovereignty and Civil Rights ; Four: Don't Rock the Boat ; Five: Cost Containment versus National Health Insurance ; Six:The Revolt of the Corporate Purchaser; Seven: The Insurers Triumphant; Eight: Why the United States Has No National Health Insurance and What Can Be Done About It; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y

Sommario/riassunto

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 -



a majority of them in working families, do not have any health care insurance. ""One Nation, Uninsured"" offers a vividly written, path-breaking history of America's failed efforts to address the health care needs of its citizens. Ranging across the 20th century, Jill Quadagno shows how each attempt to enact national health insurance was met with fierce attacks by powerful stak