| Description |
223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Opposing viewpoints series |
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Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
America has the best health care system in the world / Joseph A. Califano Jr. -- America does not have the best health care system in the world / Bureau of Labor Education at the University of Maine -- The problem of uninsured Americans is serious / Lisa Climan and Adria Scharf -- The problem of uninsured Americans is not serious / Tim Miller -- Health care spending is a serious problem / Mick L. Diede and Richard Liliedahl -- Health care spending is not a serious problem / Charles R. Morris -- Managed care has harmed the health care system / Edmund D. Pellegrino -- Managed care has helped the health care system / Gregg Easterbrook -- Managed care is necessary to control health care costs / Thomas W. Hazlett -- Managed care is not necesssary to control health care costs / Larry Van Heerden -- Most patients are satisfied with managed care / Karlyn Bowman -- Most patients are not satisfied with managed care / Andrew Phillips -- Universal health care is the best solution for uninsured Americans / Robert L. Ferrer -- Universal health care is not the best solution for the uninsured / L. Dean Forman -- Tax credits should be used to expand health insurance coverage / Jeff Lemieux -- Tax credits should not be used to expand health insurance coverage / Tom Miller -- An employer-based solution is the best answer for the uninsured / Harry M.J. Kraemer Jr. -- Reforming health care financing is the best answer for the uninsured / Sara J. Singer -- Medical savings accounts are the best answer for the uninsured / J. Patrick Rooney, interviewed by Jerry Geisel -- Medical IDs would improve the health care system / David Orentlicher -- Medical IDs would not improve the health care system / Maggie Scarf -- Patients should be allowed to sue their health plans / William B. Schwartz --Patients should not be allowed to sue their health plans / Richard A. Epstein -- Physicians should be allowed to unionize / Glenn Flores -- Physicians should not be allowed to unionize / Joshua M. Sharfstein -- Medicare benefits should be expanded to cover prescription drugs / Patricia Barry -- Medicare benefits should not be expanded to cover prescription drugs / Bruce Bartlett. |
| Subject |
Medical care -- United States.
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Medicare.
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| Added Author |
Balkin, Karen, 1949-
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| ISBN |
0737716851 library binding alkaline paper |
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073771686X paperback alkaline paper |
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