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Will Americans Embrace Single-Payer Health Insurance: The Intractable Barriers Of Inertia, Free Market And Culture, Susan A. Channick
Will Americans Embrace Single-Payer Health Insurance: The Intractable Barriers Of Inertia, Free Market And Culture, Susan A. Channick
Susan A. Channick
In a country that prides itself on equality of opportunity, why is there so little equality when it comes to healthcare? Why does the value of equality of opportunity not translate into social solidarity? This Article seeks answers to these questions. Risking the label of socialist, I posit that the most cost-effective, efficacious, and efficient solution to the health care mess that the United States is in is universal single-payer reform with the federal government as that payer. Part I examines the United States' current climate as it affects health care reform. In Part II, this Article scrutinizes recent state …
Can State Health Reform Initiatives Achieve Universal Coverage: Lessons From California’S Recent Failed Experiment, Susan A. Channick
Can State Health Reform Initiatives Achieve Universal Coverage: Lessons From California’S Recent Failed Experiment, Susan A. Channick
Susan A. Channick
This article is about the struggle toward health care reform. It looks at the mandated health care insurance model as well as the experiences of Massachusetts and California.