Disentitlement? : the threats facing our public health care programs and a rights-based response / Timothy S. Jost.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jost, Timothy S., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicare--Law and legislation.

Medicare.

Medicaid--Law and legislation.

Medicaid.

Entitlement spending.

Health insurance--Law and legislation.

Health insurance.

Health care reform.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Medicare, Medicaid and tax subsidies for employment related health benefits are increasingly embattled, attacked by those advocating privatization, individualization and devolution. Jost critically analyzes this movement toward disentitlement.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Why Entitlements Matter

3. The Nature of American Health-Care Entitlements

4. The Historical Foundations of American Health-Care Entitlements

5. Experiments with Privatization: Medicare and Medicaid Managed Care

6. Medicare "Reform": Disentitlement through Privatization

7. Health Insurance for the Poor: Disentitlement through Devolution

8. Tax Credits for Health Insurance: Disentitlement of America's Workers?

9. The British National Health Service: The General Revenue-Financed Model of Health-Care Entitlements

10. The German Health-Care System: The Social Insurance Model of Health-Care Entitlements

11. Toward an Entitlement-Based Health-Care System

Index

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Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773753-6

1-280-48233-8

9786610482337

0-19-974905-1

1-4237-4585-X

OCLC:

62892680