American Health Care : Realities, Rights, and Reforms.

Intro -- Contents -- Realities -- 1. Some American Health Care Realities -- Access to Needed Care -- Quality of Care -- Rising Costs -- Rights -- 2. A Right to Health Care -- The Concept of a Right -- For and Against a Right to Health Care -- 3. Utilitarianism -- Optimal Consequences -- Prudent Insurance -- 4. Egalitarianism -- Equal Intrinsic Value -- Substantive Equality -- 5. Libertarianism -- Liberty and Ownership -- Compensatory Rights -- 6. Contractarianism -- The Social Contract -- Liberty, Opportunity, and Wealth -- 7. Plural Foundations -- Proof and Persons -- Rights, Charity, and Ideals -- Reforms -- 8. Market Reforms -- Pure Competition -- A Hobbled Market -- 9. DRGs, HMOs, and Vouchers -- Price Controls -- Prepaid Group Practice -- Cash and Voucher Plans -- 10. National Health Care Plans -- Medicare and Medicaid -- National Health Insurance -- A National Health Care Service -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

This timely book fills an important niche in contemporary medical ethics literature by combining empirical descriptions of American health care with an analysis of recent philosophical writings on justice.

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