| Description |
xi, 382 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-375) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: health and wealth in the good society / James Morone and Lawrence Jacobs -- Why the United States is not number one in health / Ichiro Kawchi -- Health disparities in the land of equality / Lawrence Jacobs -- How market ideology guarantees racial inequality / Deborah Stone -- The dangers of the market panacea / Mark Schlesinger -- Organized labor's incredible, shrinking, social vision / Marie Gottschalk -- Interest groups and the reproduction of inequality / Connie A. Nathanson -- The congressional graveyard for health care reform / Mark Peterson -- Courts, inequality, and health care / Peter Jacobson and Elisabeth Selvin -- Medicaid at the crossroads / Colleen Grogan and Erik Patashnik -- Kids and bureaucrats at the grass roots / Elizabeth Kilbreth and James Morone -- Incrementalism adds up? / Lawrence D. Brown -- What government can do / Ben Page -- Conclusion: prospering in an age of global markets / Lawrence Jacobs and James Morone. |
| Subject |
Health -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Health -- Social aspects. |
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United States. |
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Medical economics -- United States.
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Medical economics. |
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Equality -- Health aspects -- United States.
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Equality -- Health aspects. |
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Capitalism -- Health aspects -- United States.
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Capitalism. |
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Medical policy -- United States.
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Medical policy. |
| Added Author |
Morone, James A., 1951-
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Jacobs, Lawrence R.
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| Added Title |
Healthy, wealthy, and fair |
| ISBN |
0195170660 cloth alkaline paper |
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