Chronic politics : health care security from FDR to George W. Bush / Philip J. Funigiello.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Funigiello, Philip J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National health insurance--United States--History.

National health insurance.

Health insurance--United States--History.

Health insurance.

Medical policy--United States--History.

Medical policy.

Health care reform.

History.

Medical care--Political aspects.

Social policy.

United States.

Social policy--United States--History.

Medical care--Political aspects--United States--History.

Medical care.

Health care reform--United States--History.

Physical Description:

xii, 395 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2005]

Contents:

1 Beginnings: The Federal Government and Health Security 6

2 Hopes Deferred: Congress, War, and the End of the New Deal 38

3 Health, Security, and the Cold War, 1945-1951 62

4 The Politics of Incrementalism, 1951-1960 88

5 Medicare: A Congressional Quagmire 112

6 Crossing an Ideological Rubicon 139

7 No Permanent Solutions: Health Care in Crisis 159

8 Health Care Reform: The Politics of Neglect and Rediscovery 187

9 "Competition under a Cap": The Clinton Task Force 219

10 Clinton, Congress, and the Great Health Care War 247

11 Unfinished Business 277.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-369) and index.

ISBN:

0700613994

OCLC:

58648016