Health Care as a Right of Citizenship : The Continuing Evolution of Reform.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (359 pages)
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Statement of the Problem: American Exceptionalism in Health Care and the Emergence of the Great Unsustainable Compromise -- 2. The Emergence of the New Era of Reform -- 3. The Theoretical Foundations for Health Care as a Social Right of Citizenship -- 4. A Principled Critique of the ACA and the ACA in an Evolutionary Perspective -- 5. A Principled Approach to Radical Health-Care Finance Reform -- 6. A Principled Approach to Essential Health-Care Delivery System Reforms -- 7. Assessing Health- Care System Performance Against the Four Core Aims of Health-Care Policy -- 8. Special Issues and Considerations -- Notes -- References -- Index.
This ambitious book examines how the American health care system must be further reformed to bring it closer in line with the ideals of a modern democracy, as well as how the ACA may change in the coming years. It suggests the next, natural step in the realization of health and well being as a fundamental human right.