Universal health care

Summary: With the Affordable Care Act signed into law in 2010, the United States seemed closer than ever to achieving universal health care. However, repealing the act has been a key goal for the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled Congress, with the main arguments against it including the higher premiums for middle-class Americans and the abuse of government power through its control of the insurance industry. This volume helps define universal health care, explains the arguments for and against it, and discusses attempts to implement it on an international scale.

Record details

ISBN: 9781534503168
ISBN: 1534503161
ISBN: 9781534503175
ISBN: 153450317X
Physical Description: print
176 pages ; 23 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Greenhaven Publishing, LLC, 2019.
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Should the United States have universal health care? Health care for all is plausible if the US addresses inequalities / Richard Boudreau ; Universal health care coverage is inevitable / Ed Dolan ; US health care ranks last among other advanced economies / Jake Johnson ; Most Americans want universal health care, but politicians are cynical / Joshua Cho ; Universal health care will lead to moral hazard / Jose Almeida ; Government health care means less innovation and lower quality / Dennis Smith -- Does the cost of universal health care outweigh the benefits? US spending, services, price, and health compared to the rest of the world / David Squires and Chloe Anderson ; "Medicare for all" would not solve the problem of rising health care costs / David Hogberg ; State politicians take the lead in providing universal health care / Pauline Bartolone ; Bernie Sanders's single-payer health care plan is a total disaster / Robert E. Moffit ; The case for universal health care / Kao-Ping Chua ; Medical plutocrats control the US health care system / Robert Kuttner ; Learning from diabetes : why smart government spending matters / Niranjan Konduri -- Is the government responsible for health care? Experts debate whether health care is a Federal responsibility / Julie Rovner ; More Americans say government should ensure health care coverage / Kristen Bialik ; The French health care system : low costs, great care / Isabelle Durand-Zaleski ; Universal health care makes everyone's life better / Kathleen A. Lavidge ; The right to health for everyone / Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ; Accountable care organizations help health care / Jenny Gold ; Doctors and patients take matters into their own hands / Algorithms for Innovation ; US health care is a privilege, not a right / Agence France-Presse (AFP) -- Will the qualtiy of care suffer with universal health care?. Linking health to other areas of life / Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) ; Select services with universal health care / Peter C. Smith and Kalipso Chalkidou ; Canada's cautionary tale of universal health care / Candice Malcolm ; Universal health coverage contributes to better health / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ; The Republican war against universal health care / Kenneth Peres.
Target Audience Note:	Grade 9 to 12.