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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
    Publication Date: 06/11/2008
    ISBN13: 9780231146029, 978-0231146029
    ISBN10: 0231146027
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    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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