| One Nation, Uninsured: Why the U.S. Has No National Health Insurance |  | Author: Jill Quadagno
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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ISBN: 0195312031
Dewey Decimal Number: 368.4200973
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Publication Date: October 9, 2006
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Every industrial nation in the world guarantees its citizens access to essential health care services--every country, that is, except the United States. In fact, one in eight Americans--a shocking 43 million people--do not have any health care insurance at all.
One Nation, Uninsured offers a vividly written history of America's failed efforts to address the health care needs of its citizens. Covering the entire twentieth century, Jill Quadagno shows how each attempt to enact national health insurance was met with fierce attacks by powerful stakeholders, who mobilized their considerable resources to keep the financing of health care out of the government's hands. Quadagno describes how at first physicians led the anti-reform coalition, fearful that government entry would mean government control of the lucrative private health care market. Doctors lobbied legislators, influenced elections by giving large campaign contributions to sympathetic candidates, and organized "grassroots" protests, conspiring with other like-minded groups to defeat reform efforts. As the success of Medicare and Medicaid in the mid-century led physicians and the AMA to start scaling back their attacks, the insurance industry began assuming a leading role against reform that continues to this day.
One Nation, Uninsured offers a sweeping history of the battles over health care. It is an invaluable read for anyone who has a stake in the future of America's health care system.
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 Why does the US lack universal health care coverage? May 31, 2005
A reader
26 out of 31 found this review helpful
In One Nation, Uninsured sociologist Jill Quadagno explains how powerful stakeholders have blocked every proposal for universal health care coverage from the Progressive Era through the Clinton debacle. A beautifully written and compelling account of 100 years of health policy history told with a novelist's flair and an historian's eye for detail.
Surprisingly interesting and readable primer on such a complex issue October 9, 2007
Cap10midknight
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
One Nation Uninsured is brought to life in a fresh way by various first-hand recollections that are peppered throughout detailed, academic sketches of the major historical episodes that failed to produce national health insurance. Instead of reading like another dry textbook, this book provides an informative, intimate, and plausible narrative of why many of the major players did what they did in light of their different circumstances, motivations, and temperaments. Particular attention is also paid to other important non-health care events, such as the Red Scare, Brown v. Board of Education, Watergate, and Iran-Contra, as they indirectly affected the political will to mobilize for and against national health insurance, making this account all the more believable and nicely nuanced.
My only complaint is that since the book was published in 2005, 2006 Part D legislation which expanded Medicare coverage, could not be discussed, but hopefully an updated edition will be written in a few years. Overall, a surprisingly interesting and readable primer on such a complex issue.
good review July 19, 2009
Peter Jeong (akron, ohio)
Good history of health care in america.
It gives insight into an era before my time and answers a lot of questions about how things worked. What the social and political landscape was like.
Can't wait to finish reading it.
Packed with well researched information July 22, 2010
Anonymous (Seattle WA)
Kudos to Jill Quadagno for wading through a myriad of sources to bring an enlightening and engaging account of what has been in the way of America having a national health care system. A fascinating read, packed with well researched information.
Why America Has no National Health Insurance September 4, 2010
Josh Meier (Chicago, IL)
While visiting Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia this past summer, a re-enactor, playing the part of Patrick Henry, mentioned that he was not in favor of a two-party political system. The reason? Well, Mr. Henry felt that would lead to people voting for the views of special interests groups surrounding each political party rather the actual issues facing the people. With that being said, the people of America should educate themselves as to why our health care system is in the mess it's in. One National uninsured provides an informative beginning and an opportunity to take our heads out of the sand.
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