Unaffordable: American Healthcare from Johnson to Trump

by Jonathan Engel

Book Overview

Written for nonexperts, this is a brisk and engaging history of the American healthcare "system" from the advent of Medicare and Medicaid in the 1960s to the impact of the Affordable Care Act in the 2010s. Covering topics as varied as health insurance, pharmaceutical pricing, government policies, physician training, medical ethics, and healthcare in other countries, it explains how healthcare in the United States has been organized, managed, delivered,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299314103
• ISBN13: 9780299314101
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"