| Description |
1 online resource (x, 236 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Historical overview -- Root causes of the spiraling healthcare costs -- Cost control initiatives -- The politics and the money behind the bill -- Outline of the Affordable Care Act -- The U.S. healthcare system : a brief outline -- Foreign and domestic health models we can learn from -- An equitable and affordable universal health system. |
| Summary |
Responsibility for the current inequitable and costly health system is widely shared among all players. This book by a Professor of Medicine with 30 years of teaching and clinical experience analyzes the situation and proposes a solution that, just like the problem, will rely on all parties in a bid to endow America with an equitable and affordable universal health system. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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United States. |
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (United States) |
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National health insurance -- United States.
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National health insurance. |
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United States. |
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Medical care, Cost of -- United States.
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Medical care, Cost of. |
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Health care reform -- United States.
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Health care reform. |
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Health insurance -- United States.
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Health insurance. |
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National Health Insurance, United States. |
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Health Care Costs. |
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Health Care Reform. |
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Insurance, Health -- economics. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Faguet, Guy B. Affordable Care Act. New York : Algora Pub., ©2013 9780875869759 (DLC) 2013007688 (OCoLC)828682671 |
| ISBN |
9780875869773 (eISBN) |
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0875869777 (eISBN) |
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9780875869759 (pISBN ; alkaline paper) |
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9780875869766 (pISBN ; alkaline paper) |
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