ABSTRACT
This book shows how the insurance industry and the medical industrial complex are the major influences in the health policy of the United States. They, and not the people, are those who determine the policies of the U.S. government. The volume shows how the United States could indeed provide comprehensive and universal health benefits coverage to the majority of the U.S. population at lower costs than the current health care nonsystem.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part SECTION I|48 pages
The Myths: Their Reproduction in the Political, Media, and Academic Spheres
chapter CHAPTER 3|8 pages
Debate on Popular Opinion and U.S. Health Policy: Are Americans Schizophrenic?
part SECTION II|80 pages
The Reality: The Problems in U.S. Health Care
chapter CHAPTER 6|18 pages
Premiums without Benefits: Waste and Inefficiency in the Commercial Health Insurance Industry
chapter CHAPTER 7|20 pages
Private insurance Reform in the 1990s: Can It Solve the Health Care Crisis?
part SECTION III|24 pages
Why There Is Not a National Health Program
part SECTION IV|47 pages
The Struggle
part SECTION V|18 pages
Some False Solutions
part SECTION VI|26 pages
The Solution for the United States