03954nam 2200841Ia 450 991046512590332120200520144314.097866108384170-19-516039-80-19-803638-81-280-83841-81-4294-3830-4(CKB)2560000000301347(EBL)281164(OCoLC)476025560(SSID)ssj0000377402(PQKBManifestationID)11282074(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000377402(PQKBWorkID)10338076(PQKB)11332503(SSID)ssj0000214959(PQKBManifestationID)11166437(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214959(PQKBWorkID)10183718(PQKB)11475065(StDuBDS)EDZ0000082823(MiAaPQ)EBC281164(PPN)185839339(Au-PeEL)EBL281164(CaPaEBR)ebr10271604(CaONFJC)MIL83841(OCoLC)79860220(EXLCZ)99256000000030134720090311e20062005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOne nation, uninsured[electronic resource] why the U.S. has no national health insurance /Jill QuadagnoOxford University Press pbk.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (289 p.)Originally published: 2005.0-19-531203-1 0-19-994402-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-264) and index.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; YEvery 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 stakNational health insuranceUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMedically uninsured personsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryHealth insuranceGovernment policyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryRight to healthUnited StatesHistory20th centuryHealth services accessibilityUnited StatesHistory20th centuryHealth care reformUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMedical policyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryElectronic books.National health insuranceHistoryMedically uninsured personsHistoryHealth insuranceGovernment policyHistoryRight to healthHistoryHealth services accessibilityHistoryHealth care reformHistoryMedical policyHistory362.973Quadagno Jill S852393MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465125903321One nation, uninsured1903454UNINA