health care reform

Explores how Congress has organized and equipped itself to make health care policy, and looks at two examples of health policy making--the 1988-89 adoption and repeal of medicare catastrophic coverage, and the 1993-94 failure to pass national health care reform laws.

Explores the debate over physician-assisted suicide and access to health care, looking at the implications of the medical covenant with regard to euthanasia and health care reform, and provides a covenantal view of professional character and virtue.

Considers how other countries are able to offer affordable health care for their citizens and questions whether the United States will ever be able to do the same. Explores the various benefits offered by foreign health care systems and provides an assortment of guidelines the United States can follow to reform health care and benefit the public.

Presents different viewpoints on issues relating to health care in the United States through book excerpts, articles, speeches, cartoons, and quotations.

Profiles twelve controversial medical and scientific issues, describing each one's key aspects, background, status, and outlook, and including annotated bibliographies. Covers topics relating to illness, treatment, and health policy; managed care; and the future of health policy.

Examines some of America's biggest domestic problems and suggests solutions that the author considers to be affordable, practical, and within reach of both liberals and conservatives.

Explores issues related to health care in the United States, discussing life expectancy, advancements in medicine, AIDS, cigarette smoking, the cost of care, end-of-life decisions, and public health threats.

Explores the problems associated with health costs for many Americans, proposed solutions to these problems, and American hopes and fears about current health care reform policies.

Provides an overview of the American health care system, discusses the debate about reform, examines systems in other countries, and explains the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Provides the history of Medicare, explains its current coverage, and discusses its future survival. Examines current issues about the plan, options for alternate coverage, long-term-care coverage, the funding crisis, Medicaid, and the recent health-care reforms. Includes photos, a timeline, a glossary, and an index.