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Universal health care /

Hunnicutt, Susan.

Universal health care / Susan Hunnicutt, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press, 2010. - 240 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Opposing viewpoints .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-230) and index.

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

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National health insurance--United States--Popular works.
Medical care--United States--Popular works.
Health services accessibility--United States--Popular works.

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