This issues-based reference work (available in both print and
electronic formats) shines a spotlight on health care policy and
practice in the United States. Impassioned debates about the best
solutions to health care in America have perennially erupted among
politicians, scholars of public policy, medical professionals, and
the general public. The fight over the Health Care Reform Act of
2010 brought to light a multitude of fears, challenges, obstacles,
and passions that often had the effect of complicating rather than
clarifying the debate. The discourse has never been more heated.
The complex issues that animate the health care debate have forced
the American public to grapple with the exigencies of the present
system with regard to economic, fiscal, and monetary policy,
especially as they relate to philosophical, often ideologically
driven approaches to the problem. Americans have also had to
examine their ideas about the relationship of the individual to and
interaction with the state and the varied social and cultural
beliefs about what an American solution to the problem of health
care looks like. In light of the need to keep students,
researchers, and other interested readers informed and up-to-date
on the issues surrounding health care in the U.S., this volume uses
introductory essays followed by point/counterpoint articles to
explore prominent and perennially important debates, providing
readers with views on multiple sides of this complex issue.
Features & Benefits: The volume is divided into three sections,
each with its own Section Editor: Quality of Care Debates (Dr.
Jennie Kronenfeld), Economic & Fiscal Debates (Dr. Mark Zezza),
and Political, Philosophical, & Legal Debates (Prof. Wendy
Parmet). Sections open with a Preface by the Section Editor to
introduce the broad theme at hand and provide historical
underpinnings. Each Section holds 12 chapters addressing varied
aspects of the broad theme of the section. Chapters open with an
objective, lead-in piece (or "headnote") followed by a point
article and a counterpoint article. All pieces (headnote, point
article, counterpoint article) are signed. For each chapter,
students are referred to further readings, data sources, and other
resources as a jumping-off spot for further research and more
in-depth exploration. Finally, the volume concludes with a
comprehensive index, and the electronic version of the book
includes search-and-browse features, as well as the ability to link
to further readings cited within chapters should they be available
to the library in electronic format.
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