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Title:

Health at risk : America's ailing health system--and how to heal it / edited by Jacob S. Hacker.

Publisher:

Columbia University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

139 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Health care reform--United States.
Medical policy--United States.
Insurance, Health--United States.
Health Care Reform--United States.
Health Services Accessibility--United States.
Insurance Coverage--United States.

Other Authors:

Hacker, Jacob S.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

The transformation of American health insurance / Jill Quadagno & J. Brendan McKelvey -- Uninsured in America: new realties, new risks / Katherine Swartz -- Get sick, go broke / Deborah Thorne & Elizabeth Warren -- Just how good is American medical care? / Elizabeth A. McGlynn, David Meltzer, & Jacob S. Hacker -- The new push for American health security / Jacob S. Hacker.

Series:

A Columbia/SSRC book
The Columbia University Press and Social Science Research Council series on the privatization of risk

ISBN:

0231146035 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780231146036 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0231146027 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
9780231146029 (hdbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)222153140

LCCN:

2008020479

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)