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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... pay my salary during my sabbatical from teaching while I worked in the Capitol on a committee of my choosing. Eventually I would write a book. I had taught about policy for fourteen years. Now it was my chance to observe the policy ...
... pay my salary during my sabbatical from teaching while I worked in the Capitol on a committee of my choosing. Eventually I would write a book. I had taught about policy for fourteen years. Now it was my chance to observe the policy ...
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... pay for a bone marrow transplant that might save his life. When the jury awards Donny Ray's parents $50 million in punitive damages as retribution for Great Benefit's greed and arrogance, the audience in the theater cheered wildly. The ...
... pay for a bone marrow transplant that might save his life. When the jury awards Donny Ray's parents $50 million in punitive damages as retribution for Great Benefit's greed and arrogance, the audience in the theater cheered wildly. The ...
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... pay none of the costs. How was it, I wondered, that people with seemingly secure lives could so rapidly reverse course through no fault of their own? Why should people who experience normal life events—a layoff, the death of a spouse, a ...
... pay none of the costs. How was it, I wondered, that people with seemingly secure lives could so rapidly reverse course through no fault of their own? Why should people who experience normal life events—a layoff, the death of a spouse, a ...
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... pay.8 Thus people who have allergies, high blood pressure, depression, or arthritis will be charged higher premiums than healthy people; people with “preexisting conditions” such as cataracts, asthma, or migraine headaches may be ...
... pay.8 Thus people who have allergies, high blood pressure, depression, or arthritis will be charged higher premiums than healthy people; people with “preexisting conditions” such as cataracts, asthma, or migraine headaches may be ...
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... pay their share of the premiums. That is the case with Diane Schroeder, a 51-year-old woman from Coralville, Iowa, who cleans buses for a living. Because of her poor health—she suffers from migraines, arthritis, and an anxiety disorder ...
... pay their share of the premiums. That is the case with Diane Schroeder, a 51-year-old woman from Coralville, Iowa, who cleans buses for a living. Because of her poor health—she suffers from migraines, arthritis, and an anxiety disorder ...
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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