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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. Genre/Form: Electronic booksHistory Additional Physical Format: Print version:Quadagno, Jill S.One nation, uninsured.Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005(DLC) 2004022644(OCoLC)56608290 Material Type: Document, Internet resource Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File All Authors / Contributors: Jill S Quadagno Find more information about: Jill S Quadagno ISBN: 9780198036388 0198036388 1280838418 9781280838415 9781429438308 1429438304 9786610838417 6610838410 9780199944026 0199944024 9780195160390 0195160398 OCLC Number: 79860220 Description: 1 online resource (xi, 274 pages) : illustrations Contents: Doctors' politics and the red menace -- Organized labor's health benefits -- Provider sovereignty and civil rights -- Don't rock the boat -- Cost containment versus national health insurance -- The revolt of the corporate purchaser -- The insurers' triumphant -- Why the US has no national health insurance and what can be done about it. Responsibility: Jill Quadagno. More information: Table of contents Contributor biographical information Open Library Publisher description Abstract: Every industrial nation in the world guarantees their citizens access to essential health care services - every country, that is, except the United States. Indeed, one in eight Americans - a shocking 43 million people - the majority in working families, do not have any health care insurance. This title offers a history of America's failed efforts to address the health care needs of its citizens.