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Chronic Politics: Health Care Security From FDR To George W. Bush
Philip J Funigiello
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Description for Chronic Politics: Health Care Security From FDR To George W. Bush
Hardcover. Tells the reason why the United States has never guaranteed its citizens health security comparable to that enjoyed by people of other first-world nations. The author examines specific episodes in the history of health care financing. This book is a reading for all concerned with the politics of financing health care in America. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 748.
Few domestic issues dominate today's headlines as much as the high cost of health care. Despite this media attention and a litany of election-year debates over health care funding, some 45 million Americans remain without adequate health insurance. Philip Funigiello chronicles the contentious political history behind this state of affairs, from the New Deal to the present. Funigiello unlocks the puzzle of why the United States has never guaranteed its citizens health security comparable to that enjoyed by people of other first-world nations - and he tells what needs to happen for policy reform to take place. Examining specific episodes ... Read more
Few domestic issues dominate today's headlines as much as the high cost of health care. Despite this media attention and a litany of election-year debates over health care funding, some 45 million Americans remain without adequate health insurance. Philip Funigiello chronicles the contentious political history behind this state of affairs, from the New Deal to the present. Funigiello unlocks the puzzle of why the United States has never guaranteed its citizens health security comparable to that enjoyed by people of other first-world nations - and he tells what needs to happen for policy reform to take place. Examining specific episodes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700613991
SKU
V9780700613991
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About Philip J Funigiello
Philip J. Funigiello, professor emeritus of history at the College of William and Mary, is the author of four other books, including American-Soviet Trade in the Cold War and, most recently, Florence Lathrop Page: A Biography.
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