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 Why does the US lack universal health care coverage? |
| Review Date: May 31, 2005 |
| Reviewer: A reader, |
| 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
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| Review Date: October 9, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Cap10midknight, |
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
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| Review Date: July 19, 2009 |
| Reviewer: 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
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| Review Date: July 22, 2010 |
| Reviewer: 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. |
Powerful Interests Have Blocked Every Effort With Lies
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| Review Date: June 12, 2005 |
| Reviewer: G. Reid, Roseland, NJ |
| The USA is the only advanced country in the world without national health insurance because every effort to establish national health insurance has been blocked by the greed of special interests. Hundreds of billions of dollars are earned in our healthcare system by interests who have been able to block reforms for many decades. Of these vast amounts of money, only a few pennies on the dollar are spent on basic healthcare and prevenative healthcare. This is an unbelievable tragedy unfolding before our eyes. |
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