Universal coverage : the elusive quest for national health insurance / Rick Mayes.

Author/creator Mayes, Rick, 1969-
Format Book
EditionNew ed.
Publication InfoAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2004.
Descriptionx, 207 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesConversations in medicine and society
Conversations in medicine and society. ^A760001
Contents Introduction -- Critical juncture: health insurance subordinated to Social Security (1935) -- Diverging pathways: the aftermath of Social Security's passage (mid 1930s to 1950) -- Increasing returns: institutionalization of public and private pathways (early 1950s through early 1960s) -- Symbiotic attachment: "heath insurance through Social Security" (early 1960s through early 1970s) -- Incrementalism's consequences: rising costs, narrowing paths (1970s) -- Locked in and crowded out: entrenched paths and accumulated costs impede universal coverage (1980s and 1990s) -- Conclusion -- Epilogue, 2004.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [181]-201) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Mayes, Rick, 1969- Universal coverage. New ed. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2004
LCCN 2005274480
ISBN0472114573 (paper : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780472114573 (paper : acid-free paper)

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