One Nation, Uninsured: Why the U.S. does not have National Health Insurance
Product Description All the industrial nations of the world guarantees its citizens access to basic health services – all countries, that is, except the United States. In fact, one in eight Americans – a staggering 43 million people – have no health insurance at all. One Nation, offers a vividly written history of the uninsured U.S. efforts to address health needs of its citizens. For the entire twentieth century, Jill Quadagno shows how each attempt, the national health insurance was approved with fierce attacks by powerful interest groups that mobilized their considerable resources to maintain the financing of health care in the hands of the government met. Quadagno describes how in the first physicians of the anti-reform coalition, fearful that government entry would mean government control led to the lucrative private health care facilities in the market. Doctors lobbied legislators, influenced by the election campaign contributions to candidates of great sympathy. . . More>>
One Nation, Uninsured: Why the U.S. does not have National Health Insurance
April 29th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
See my review of “Uninsured in America: Life and Death in the Land of Opportunity” for reasons why this argument is false and full of lies. Rating: 5.1
April 29th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
The book came on time, new perspectives and was incredibly cheap Rating: 5.5
April 29th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
“An important book. Jill Quadagno offers an impressive array of historical evidence of the original arguments by the United States lacks a comprehensive health care and health insurance, why should be considered a social right ahead. This book is essential reading for those concerned about health care in the United States. “- William Julius Wilson, author of When work disappears,” A historical account of the cooling, powerful vested interest groups with financial, managed to block attempts at national health insurance for seven decades to take, with tens of millions of our citizens without adequate health insurance and often without even minimal attention. Those looking forward to the reform of our fragmented health system study has its teachings and its action plan, a task that requires almost unprecedented political skill and organizational capacity monumental. “- Jerome P. Kassirer, MD, author of On The Take: How Medicine complicity with big business can endanger your health “Jill Quadagno manufactures the most complete and updated the strength and effectiveness of interest groups in the suppression a century of national campaigns to reform health insurance. An impressive combination of theory and historical research, a nation establishes the parameters for the uninsured the next round of debate about why the U.S. remains the only country without universal health insurance and how it could increase access even while the decision on costs. “- Lawrence R. Jacobs, McKnight Land Grant Professor at the University of Minnesota “A fresh, intelligent, powerful, ambitious explanation, lyrics of how America has been so cruel about health care. Highly recommended for citizens and scholars.” – James A. Morone, author of Hellfire Nation, healthy, prosperous and just Quadagno, a distinguished sociologist with a long-standing interest in politics, explores a century of attempts by the government, a universal health system and the powerful forces that have tried to create his great sociological views …. illuminate the path of reform. “- – The San Diego Union-Tribune” search and participation readable …. Some of the most interesting pieces Quadagno their own files and interviews with people, history, she describes coming …. lived Quadagno the continuing focus on the interest-group politics seems right on target. “- To carry New England Journal of Medicine “A firm has provided useful ammunition for those changes in a medical system that includes many who need it deliberately.” – Kirkus Reviews Rating: 5.5
April 29th, 2010 at 6:41 pm
The order was canceled after beleave result that the book has already been paid. Rating: 5.1
April 29th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
U.S. is the only advanced country in the world who do not have national health insurance, since any effort to create the social security system is blocked by the greed of special interests. Hundreds of billions of dollars in our health system with interest in the block in a position to reform for many decades. In these vast sums of money, only a few cents for every dollar spent on medical care and health care prevenative. This is an unbelievable tragedy unfolding before our eyes. Rating: 5.5
October 15th, 2010 at 2:49 am
I am a Christian conservative.
If you can’t afford health care, you don’t deserve health care.
Godbless.