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Author:

Quadagno, Jill S.

Title:

One nation, uninsured : why the U.S. has no national health insurance / Jill Quadagno.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xi, 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

National health insurance--United States--History--20th century.
Medically uninsured persons--United States--History--20th century.
Insurance, Health--History--United States--History--20th century.
Right to health care--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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Doctors' politics and the red menace -- Organized labor's health benefits -- Provider sovereignty and civil rights -- Don't rock the boat -- Cost containment versus national health insurance -- The revolt of the corporate purchaser -- The insurers' triumphant -- Why the United States has no national health insurance and what can be done about it.

ISBN:

9780195312034
0195312031

OCLC:

(OCoLC)85484816

Locations:

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)