Why the United States Lacks a National Health Insurance Program

by Nicholas Laham

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275947793
• ISBN13: 9780275947798
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"