Why the United States Lacks a National Health Insurance Program
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Why the United States Lacks a National Health Insurance Program
By (Author) Nicholas Laham
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
21st September 1993
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Welfare and benefit systems
Disability: social aspects
Emergency services
Health systems and services
368.400973
Physical Properties
Paperback
216
Description
Why is the United States the only advanced industrial democracy today without a national health insurance program Laham aptly examines the reasons for the current health crisis and assesses the prospects for long-term solutions. Students, teachers, policymakers, activists, and citizens at-large will learn from this comprehensive historical analysis of the political and economic problems that have blocked needed reforms and of the debates and proposals through 1993 which argue for positive change.
Author Bio
NICHOLAS LAHAM received his Ph.D. from the Claremont Graduate School and specializes in the study of American politics and public policy.
