One Nation, Uninsured

Author: Jill Quadagno
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0195312031
Category: Medical

One Nation, Uninsured: Why the U.S. Has No National Health Insurance

Every industrial nation in the world guarantees its citizens access to essential health care services--every country, that is, except the United States. Download One Nation, Uninsured medical books for free.
In fact, one in eight Americans--a shocking 43 million people--do not have any health care insurance at all.
One Nation, Uninsured offers a vividly written history of America's failed efforts to address the health care needs of its citizens. Covering the entire twentieth century, Jill Quadagno shows how each attempt to enact national health insurance was met with fierce attacks by powerful stakeholders, who mobilized their considerable resources to keep the financing of health care out of the government's hands. Quadagno describes how at first physicians led the anti-reform coalition, Get One Nation, Uninsured our bestseller medical books.

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