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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:

2005

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.
National Health Insurance, United States--United States.
Health Policy--United States.
Medically Uninsured--United States.
Politics--United States.
Universal Coverage--United States.
National health insurance--United States--History.
Health insurance--United States--History.--History.
Right to health care--History.
Public health--United States--History.
Health care reform--United States--History.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

9780195160390
0195160398

LCCN:

2004022644

Locations:

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

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

SYPB124 -- Elizabeth Rasmussen Martin Memorial Lib. (New Hartford)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)