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
Summary
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
