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UNINA9910962687403321 |
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Autore |
Jost Timothy S. |
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Titolo |
Disentitlement? : the threats facing our public health care programs and a rights-based response / / Timothy S. Jost |
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New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-773753-6 |
1-280-48233-8 |
9786610482337 |
0-19-974905-1 |
1-4237-4585-X |
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Edizione |
[Fifth edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (306 pages) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Entitlement spending |
Health insurance - Law and legislation |
Health care reform |
Society |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2003. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Why Entitlements Matter -- 3. The Nature of American Health-Care Entitlements -- 4. The Historical Foundations of American Health-Care Entitlements -- 5. Experiments with Privatization: Medicare and Medicaid Managed Care -- 6. Medicare "Reform": Disentitlement through Privatization -- 7. Health Insurance for the Poor: Disentitlement through Devolution -- 8. Tax Credits for Health Insurance: Disentitlement of America's Workers? -- 9. The British National Health Service: The General Revenue-Financed Model of Health-Care Entitlements -- 10. The German Health-Care System: The Social Insurance Model of Health-Care Entitlements -- 11. Toward an Entitlement-Based Health-Care System -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Medicare, Medicaid and tax subsidies for employment related health benefits are increasingly embattled, attacked by those advocating privatization, individualization and devolution. Jost critically analyzes |
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