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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825462603321

Autore

Ameringer Carl F

Titolo

The health care revolution [[electronic resource] ] : from medical monopoly to market competition / / Carl F. Ameringer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press

New York, : Milbank Memorial Fund, c2008

ISBN

1-281-38554-9

9786611385545

0-520-93468-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

California/Milbank books on health and the public ; ; 19

Disciplina

362.1/0425

Soggetti

Medical care - United States - Finance - History - 20th century

Health care reform - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-229) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The professional regime -- Precursors of change -- The triumph of market theory -- The Federal Trade Commission takes the lead -- The AMA case -- A question of jurisdiction -- Drawing the line between clinical and business practices -- The quest for antitrust relief -- The demonization of managed care.

Sommario/riassunto

America's market-based health care system, unique among the nations of the world, is in large part the product of an obscure, yet profound, revolution that overthrew the medical monopoly in the late 1970's. In this lucid, balanced account, Carl F. Ameringer tells how this revolution came into being when the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress prompted the antitrust agencies of the federal government-the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department-to change the rules of the health care system. Ameringer lays out the key events that led up to this regime change; explores its broader social, political, and economic contexts; examines the views of both its proponents and opponents; and considers its current trajectory.