Healthcare Reform in America: A Reference Handbook

Jennie J. Kronenfeld, Michael R. Kronenfeld

ABC-CLIO, 2004 - Health & Fitness - 267 pages

An authoritative look at the core issues of the healthcare debate in the United States, with a focus on reform of the system.
Healthcare Reform in America: A Reference Handbook reviews the failed attempts at health care reform in the last century, identifying the economic, social, and political forces that pushed for a national system and those that prevented it from happening. Written by two of our most respected and incisive health care critics, the book vividly demonstrates that right now, concerns about quality and cost, plummeting consumer satisfaction, and the need for reform are as great as they have ever been.

Balanced, authoritative, and compelling, the book gives readers the basic tools they need to understand the core problems, access important data, and make informed decisions and valuable contributions toward reforming the system.
- A detailed list of annotated print and web-based resources such as Fedstats, the National Center for Health Statistics, and the National Coalition on Healthcare, providing readers the tools to explore issues in more detail

- Biographies of key figures in healthcare reform including Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, and Lister Hill

Contents

• Cost Quality Access: 1
• The Role of the Federal Government in Health: 27
• Chronology: 65

Bibliographic information

• Title: Healthcare Reform in America: A Reference Handbook; Contemporary world issues; Healthcare Reform in America: A Reference Handbook, Michael R. Kronenfeld
• Authors: Jennie J. Kronenfeld, Michael R. Kronenfeld
• Edition: annotated
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO, 2004
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Aug 27, 2007
• ISBN: 1576079775, 9781576079775
• Length: 267 pages
• Subjects: Health & Fitness / Health Care Issues; Medical / Health Care Delivery; Medical / Health Policy; Political Science / American Government / General; Political Science / General; Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy