Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-264) and index.
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 US has no national health insurance and what can be done about it.
Summary:
Surveys America's failed efforts to pass a national health insurance bill, examining both the Medicare and Medicaid programs and attempts by lobbyists and others to change the nation's health care provider laws.
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