Universal health care / Susan Hunnicutt, book editor. [print]

Includes bibliographies and index.

Is the U.S. health care system failing?. -- The U.S. health care system needs to change Ben Furnas ; -- Americans have much to lose if the U.S. health care system is changed Michael D. Tanner ; -- Too many people do not have health insurance Clark Newhall ; -- The media have exaggerated the number of Americans without health insurance Sally Pipes ; -- Open-ended insurance payments encourage abuse of the health care system Robert B. Helms ; -- Open-ended insurance payments do not lead to abuse of the health care system Malcolm Gladwell ; -- The U.S. health care system is a leader in medical innovation despite its shortcomings Tyler Cowen -- Is access to health care a moral issue?. -- Access to health care is a human right Helen Redmond ; -- Health care is not a right Leonard Peikoff ; -- Treating health care as a human right would increase health care costs Donald J. Boudreaux ; -- Treating health care as a human right would reduce health care costs Gary Dorrien ; -- Universal health care is unbiblical Mark H. Creech ; -- Universal health care is a moral issue for faith-based investors Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility -- Does universal health care work in other countries?. -- The universal health care systems of other countries provide better care for less money Karin J. Robinson ; -- The universal health care systems of other countries provide lower quality health care John C. Goodman ; -- The Canadian single-payer system provides a good model for universal coverage in the United States Sara Robinson ; -- The Canadian model for achieving universal health care is not a good one for the United States George C. Halvorson ; -- The French model for universal health care is better than the Canadian model Paul V. Dutton -- What steps can the U.S. take to achieve universal health care?. -- Expansion of Medicare is the best way to provide universal access to quality health care Johnathon S. Ross ; -- Medicare is the wrong model for reforming the U.S. health care system William P. Hoar ; -- The United States should move rapidly to implement universal health care Chris Farrell ; -- The United States should move forward cautiously to implement universal health care Henry J. Aaron ; -- The United States can achieve universal health care without dismantling the existing health care system Atul Gawande ; -- It is possible for the United States to achieve universal health care while protecting scientific innovation Jonathan Cohn.

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