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Rick Mayes - Universal Coverage: The Elusive Quest for National Health Insurance (Conversations in Medicine and Society) - 9780472114573 - V9780472114573
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Universal Coverage: The Elusive Quest for National Health Insurance (Conversations in Medicine and Society)

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Description for Universal Coverage: The Elusive Quest for National Health Insurance (Conversations in Medicine and Society) Paperback. Series: Conversations in Medicine and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11fig.21tabs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.

Universal health coverage has become the Mount Everest of public policy in the United States: the most daunting challenge on the political landscape. But, despite numerous attempts, all efforts to achieve universal health care have failed. In Universal Coverage, Rick Mayes examines the peculiar and persistent lack of universal health coverage in America, its economic and political origins dating back to the 1930s, and the current consequences of this significant problem.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
Conversations in Medicine and Society
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472114573
SKU
V9780472114573
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Rick Mayes
Rick Mayes is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy in the University of Richmond's Department of Political Science and a Faculty Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley's Petris Center on Healthcare Markets and Consumer Welfare.

Reviews for Universal Coverage: The Elusive Quest for National Health Insurance (Conversations in Medicine and Society)
"Aaron Wildavsky said good policy studies should use policy as a window on politics. Mayes does it brilliantly."
-Deborah Stone, Professor, Dartmouth College "A readable and accessible account that is informed by previous scholarship yet backed up by telling details from historical archives."
-Jacob Hacker, Professor, Yale University "Accessible, cleverly argued, and provocative. Mayes provides fresh answers to the enduring ... Read more

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