Why the United States Lacks a National Health Insurance Program

Why is the United States the only advanced industrial democracy today without a national health insurance program? Laham aptly examines the reasons for the current health crisis and assesses the prospects for long-term solutions. Students, teachers, policymakers, activists, and citizens at-large will learn from this comprehensive historical analysis of the political and economic problems that have blocked needed reforms and of the debates and proposals through 1993 which argue for positive change.

List of contents

The Politics of National Health Insurance During the 1940s
The Power of the AMA 1945-1950
The Development of Private Health Insurance 1945-1950
The Politics of National Health Insurance During the 1970s
The Battle Over the Hospital Cost Containment Act 1977-1979
The Politics of National Health Insurance: Kennedy Versus Carter
The Politics of National Health Insurance During the 1990s
The Reemergence of National Health Insurance As a Major Political Issue
Play-or-Pay Health Insurance: A Dead End to Health Care Reform
The Debate on Health Care Reform 1991-1992
Bill Clinton and the Challenge of Health Care Reform
Index

About the author

Writer Nicholas Laham lives in Barstow, California.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Laham, Laham Nicholas
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.09.1993
• EAN: 9780275947798
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94779-8
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Emergency Management, United States of America, USA, Disability: social aspects, Central / national / federal government policies, Emergency Services, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, Central government policies, Welfare & benefit systems, Welfare and benefit systems, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Health Care, Politics, Law, and Government