NEW YORK (The Century Foundation), February 8, 2008:
BOOKS
The Basics: National Health Insurance:
Lessons From Abroad
The Century Foundation,
Century Foundation Press
Published: February 7, 2008
Health care reform has long been a priority in American politics, yet its success is limited.
Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare into law in 1965 in the hope of incrementally building a system of universal health care in the United States, but this never came to pass. Bill Clinton’s 1993 reform proposal went down in flames, and most recently, George W. Bush’s support of health savings accounts has done little to change the health care debate.
With so many misconceptions influencing discussions on health care reform and national health insurance, information is paramount, notes The Century Foundation.
National Health Insurance: Lessons from Abroad is meant to provide this information by shedding light, simply and directly, on the complex issues that face the United States and to look at how other nations respond to the challenges of health care.
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Edition: cloth, paper Pages: 74
Price: $4.50
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