01906nam a2200349 a 4500 EDZ0000082823 StDuBDS 20150804193929.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120418s2005 nyua fo| 000 0 eng d 9780199944026 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS RA412.2 .Q33 2005 362.10425 23 Quadagno, Jill S. One nation, uninsured [electronic resource] : why the U.S. has no national health insurance / Jill Quadagno. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005. 1 online resource (xi, 274 p.) : ill. 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. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references. National health insurance United States History 20th century. Medically uninsured persons United States History 20th century. Health insurance Government policy United States History 20th century. Right to health United States History 20th century. Health services accessibility United States History 20th century. Health care reform United States History 20th century. Medical policy United States History 20th century. Print version 9780195160390 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195160390.001.0001 37218 37218