One Nation, Uninsured: Why the U.S. Has No National Health InsuranceOxford University Press, 2006 M10 9 - 288 pages Every industrial nation in the world guarantees its citizens access to essential health care services--every country, that is, except the United States. In fact, one in eight Americans--a shocking 43 million people--do not have any health care insurance at all. One Nation, Uninsured offers a vividly written history of America's failed efforts to address the health care needs of its citizens. Covering the entire twentieth century, Jill Quadagno shows how each attempt to enact national health insurance was met with fierce attacks by powerful stakeholders, who mobilized their considerable resources to keep the financing of health care out of the government's hands. Quadagno describes how at first physicians led the anti-reform coalition, fearful that government entry would mean government control of the lucrative private health care market. Doctors lobbied legislators, influenced elections by giving large campaign contributions to sympathetic candidates, and organized "grassroots" protests, conspiring with other like-minded groups to defeat reform efforts. As the success of Medicare and Medicaid in the mid-century led physicians and the AMA to start scaling back their attacks, the insurance industry began assuming a leading role against reform that continues to this day. One Nation, Uninsured offers a sweeping history of the battles over health care. It is an invaluable read for anyone who has a stake in the future of America's health care system. |
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Page 8
... Medicare as it had been to national health insurance and disability insurance. When Medicare was under consideration in the 1960s, a Virginia physician sent a letter to Representative Aime Forand (D-RI), the sponsor of the legislation ...
... Medicare as it had been to national health insurance and disability insurance. When Medicare was under consideration in the 1960s, a Virginia physician sent a letter to Representative Aime Forand (D-RI), the sponsor of the legislation ...
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... Medicare was finally enacted in 1965, following a Democratic sweep of the House and Senate and an AFL-CIO campaign that mobilized trade union members and retirees in every key congressional district. Although Medicare was a victory for ...
... Medicare was finally enacted in 1965, following a Democratic sweep of the House and Senate and an AFL-CIO campaign that mobilized trade union members and retirees in every key congressional district. Although Medicare was a victory for ...
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... Medicare's open-ended method of reimbursing hospitals was replaced with a prospective payment system that set a fixed amount for each hospital stay, depending on the patient's diagnosis and regardless of the cost of treatment. The ...
... Medicare's open-ended method of reimbursing hospitals was replaced with a prospective payment system that set a fixed amount for each hospital stay, depending on the patient's diagnosis and regardless of the cost of treatment. The ...
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... Medicare's peculiar public-private formula, with its numerous concessions to providers and insurers, was a way to assuage public concern about government intervention.50 Distrust of government undermined public confidence in Clinton's ...
... Medicare's peculiar public-private formula, with its numerous concessions to providers and insurers, was a way to assuage public concern about government intervention.50 Distrust of government undermined public confidence in Clinton's ...
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... Medicare succeed when confronted with the same institutional arrangements as national health insurance? A variable (social welfare benefits) cannot be explained by a constant (decentralized institutions). Few would disagree that the ...
... Medicare succeed when confronted with the same institutional arrangements as national health insurance? A variable (social welfare benefits) cannot be explained by a constant (decentralized institutions). Few would disagree that the ...
Contents
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Organized Labors Health Benefits | 48 |
Provider Sovereignty and Civil Rights | 77 |
Dont Rock the Boat | 94 |
Cost Containment versus National Health Insurance | 109 |
The Revolt of the Corporate Purchaser | 139 |
The Insurers Triumphant | 169 |
Why the United States Has No National Health Insurance and What Can Be Done About It | 201 |
Notes | 215 |
Index | 265 |
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