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Tackles the relationship between the privatization of risk, and focuses on - health care and health insurance; employment insecurity and labor markets; pensions, assets, and social security; the pharmaceuticals industry; and natural disasters and homeland security.

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A great resource for understanding the development, problems, and possible solutions to health care in the US. Choice

Table of Contents
Introduction, Jacob S. Hacker 1. The Transformation of American Health Insurance, by Jill Quadagno and J. Brandon McKelvey 2. Uninsured in America: New Realities, New Risks, by Katherine Swartz 3. Get Sick, Go Broke, by Deborah Thorne and Elizabeth Warren 4. Just How Good Is American Medical Care?, by Elizabeth A. McGlynn, David Meltzer, and Jacob S. Hacker 5. The New Push for American Health Security, by Jacob S. Hacker List of Contributors

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      Publisher Columbia University Press
      Published 6 November 2008
      ISBN-13 9780231146029
      978-0231146029
      ISBN-10 0231146027
      Also in:
      Medicine & Nursing Medicine and Nursing Central / national / federal government

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Tackles the relationship between the privatization of risk, and focuses on - health care and health insurance; employment insecurity and labor markets; pensions, assets, and social security; the pharmaceuticals industry; and natural disasters and homeland security.

      Trade Review
      A great resource for understanding the development, problems, and possible solutions to health care in the US. Choice

      Table of Contents
      Introduction, Jacob S. Hacker 1. The Transformation of American Health Insurance, by Jill Quadagno and J. Brandon McKelvey 2. Uninsured in America: New Realities, New Risks, by Katherine Swartz 3. Get Sick, Go Broke, by Deborah Thorne and Elizabeth Warren 4. Just How Good Is American Medical Care?, by Elizabeth A. McGlynn, David Meltzer, and Jacob S. Hacker 5. The New Push for American Health Security, by Jacob S. Hacker List of Contributors

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