One nation, uninsured [[electronic resource] ] : why the U.S. has no national health insurance / / Jill Quadagno
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Quadagno Jill S
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| Titolo: |
One nation, uninsured [[electronic resource] ] : why the U.S. has no national health insurance / / Jill Quadagno
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Edizione: | Oxford University Press pbk. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.973 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | One nation, uninsured |
| ISBN: | 9786610838417 |
| 0-19-516039-8 | |
| 0-19-803638-8 | |
| 1-280-83841-8 | |
| 1-4294-3830-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910792217203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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