We've Got You Covered
Rebooting American Health Care
[New York] : Portfolio/Penguin, [2023]
Format: Book
Description: xxii, 275 pages ; 24 cm
"A lively and provocative proposal for American health care reform"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Poor design : The ubiquitous risk of becoming uninsured -- Shoddy construction : the incomplete insurance of the insured -- Rebuild, don't renovate : the sobering lesson from our health policy history -- A universal commitment : what the insurance of the "uninsured" teaches us -- Origin stories : why this social contract? -- What is to be done : Why universal health insurance is the only answer -- Adequacy, not equality : what universal coverage won't do -- The foundation : coverage must be automatic -- Free and clear : no patient fees -- A shack, not a chateau : basic coverage should be very basic -- Trust the process : deciding what to cover -- Budget matters : relax, we can afford it -- Beyond basic : designing supplemental insurance -- Home inspection : taking stock -- Epilogue : can it be built?
Subjects:
National health insurance -- United States.
Health care reform -- United States.
Medical policy -- United States.
National health insurance -- United States.
Health care reform -- United States.
Medical policy -- United States.
ISBN:
9780593421239
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HEALTH Society Ein | Ballentine Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-262) and index.