TY - BOOK ID - 8811936 TI - One nation, uninsured : why the U.S. has no national health insurance PY - 2006 SN - 0195160398 9780195160390 0195312031 0199944024 1429438304 1280838418 0198036388 9786610838417 9780199944026 PB - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Health care reform KW - Health insurance KW - Health services accessibility KW - Medical policy KW - Medically uninsured persons KW - National health insurance KW - Right to health KW - National Health Insurance, United States KW - Health Policy KW - Medically Uninsured KW - Politics KW - Universal Coverage KW - History KW - Government policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8811936 AB - Every industrial nation in the world guarantees their citizens access to essential health care services - every country, that is, except the United States. Indeed, one in eight Americans - a shocking 43 million people - a majority of them in working families, do not have any health care insurance. ""One Nation, Uninsured"" offers a vividly written, path-breaking history of America's failed efforts to address the health care needs of its citizens. Ranging across the 20th century, Jill Quadagno shows how each attempt to enact national health insurance was met with fierce attacks by powerful stak ER -