LEADER 03984nam 22007814a 450 001 9910792252803321 005 20230207232507.0 010 $a0-19-029101-X 010 $a0-19-533525-2 010 $a1-4237-2062-8 010 $a0-19-803813-5 010 $a1-280-70437-3 035 $a(CKB)2560000000298732 035 $a(EBL)280976 035 $a(OCoLC)476025264 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000169689 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11171095 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000169689 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10203368 035 $a(PQKB)10654478 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001038299 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12451319 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001038299 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11050330 035 $a(PQKB)11770290 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000039219 035 $a(DNLM)101205571 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC280976 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL280976 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10103647 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL70437 035 $a(OCoLC)466432610 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000298732 100 $a20040204d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aHealthy, wealthy & fair$b[electronic resource] $ehealth care and the good society /$fedited by James A. Morone and Lawrence R. Jacobs 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (395 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-517066-0 311 $a0-19-985020-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tIntroduction: health and wealth in the good society /$rJames Morone and Lawrence Jacobs --$tWhy the USA is not number 1 in health /$rIchiro Kawchi --$tHealth disparities in the land of equality /$rLawrence Jacobs --$tHow market ideology guarantees racial inequality /$rDeborah Stone --$tThe dangers of the market panacea /$rMark Schlesinger --$tOrganized labor's incredible, shrinking, social vision /$rMarie Gottschalk --$tInterest groups and the reproduction of inequality /$rConnie A. Nathanson --$tThe congressional graveyard for health care reform /$rMark Peterson --$tCourts, inequality, and health care /$rPeter Jacobson and Elisabeth Selvin --$tMedicaid at the crossroads /$rColleen Grogan and Erik Patashnik --$tKids and bureaucrats at the grass roots /$rElizabeth Kilbreth and James Morone --$tIncrementalism adds up? /$rLawrence D. Brown --$tWhat government can do /$rBen Page --$tConclusion: prospering in an age of global markets /$rLawrence Jacobs and James Morone. 330 $aAmerica may be one of the wealthiest countries in the world, but its citizens rank near the bottom in health status. Americans have lower life expectancy, more infant mortalities and higher adolescent death rates than most other advanced industrial nations - and even some developing countries. Though Americans are famous for tolerating great inequality in wealth, the gross inequities in the health system are less well recognized. In ""Healthy, Wealthy and Fair"", a distinguished group of health policy experts chart the stark disparities in health and wealth in the United States. The authors ex 606 $aHealth$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aMedical economics$zUnited States 606 $aEquality$xHealth aspects$zUnited States 606 $aCapitalism$xHealth aspects$zUnited States 606 $aMedical policy$zUnited States 615 0$aHealth$xSocial aspects 615 0$aMedical economics 615 0$aEquality$xHealth aspects 615 0$aCapitalism$xHealth aspects 615 0$aMedical policy 676 $a362.1/0973 701 $aMorone$b James A.$f1951-$01522747 701 $aJacobs$b Lawrence R$0254421 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792252803321 996 $aHealthy, wealthy & fair$93783719 997 $aUNINA