Table of Contents: “…Opposing viewpoints on universal health care -- section 2. Model essays and writing exercises -- section 3. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Interest organizations and health reform in a federal context -- The theory and structure of health interest communities in the states -- State pharmacy assistance programs as innovations -- The politics of managing managed care -- Universal health care in the states -- Conclusion.…”
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Table of Contents: “…From Adam Smith to HMOs: the origins of medicine and the market -- A tale of two cultures: Canada and the United States -- The endurance of solidarity: universal health care in Western Europe and elsewhere -- The market in developing countries: an ongoing experiment -- The market wild card: pharmaceuticals -- The value of the market: what does the evidence show? …”
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Table of Contents: “…Denmark : socially minded welfare policies and universal health care -- pt. 2. Germany : solidarity and cradle to grave health care -- pt. 3. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Introduction : basic issues and concepts -- The countries and their characteristics -- The United States : high-technology and limited access -- Canada : challenges to public payment for universal care -- Japan : preventive health care as cultural norm -- Germany : a tradition of universal health care -- France : centrally controlled and locally managed -- The Netherlands : gradual adaptation -- Sweden : decentralized comprehensive care -- The United Kingdom : the economy model -- The Czech Republic : a new mixture of public and private services -- Hungary : creating a remodeled system --Russia : transition to market and consumer orientation -- China : privatizing socialist health care -- Mexico : modernizing structure and expanded rural services -- Organization variations and reforms -- Economic organization of health care : comparative perspectives -- Expectations for reform : a glimpse at the future.…”

Table of Contents: “…-- Should the United States of America adopt universal health care? -- Is there a legitimate place for human genetic enhancement? …”
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Table of Contents: “…Health care reform will help America's economy -- Health care reform will cause a rise in unemployment -- Health care reform would give the IRS more power -- The IRS does not have the power to enforce a health care mandate -- Americans want universal health care, the health care industry does not -- Americans are not happy with the health care system -- The World Health Organization's report is misleading -- International comparisons must be considered in health care reform -- New technologies cause health care costs to rise -- New technologies can cut health care costs -- The delivery of health care must be redesigned -- Proposed health care reforms will lead to rationing of care -- America is already rationing health care.…”
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Table of Contents: “…-- When jobs disappear -- American aristocracy -- How America went astray -- Drug dealers in lab coats -- Losing the war on drugs -- Up by the bootstraps -- Deaths of despair -- Interventions that work -- Universal health care: one day, one town -- Homeless in a rich nation -- The escape artists -- A shot in the face -- God save the family -- The marriage of true minds -- We eat our young -- Raising troubled kids -- Creating more escape artists -- America regained.…”
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Table of Contents: “…-- This market needs regulation -- Putting doctors together -- Why groups should take financial risk -- A real-world model for reform -- The end of insurance as we know it -- Getting down to nuts and bolts -- Universal health care -- Toward uniform hospital pricing -- Let "hospitalists" take charge -- Health planning and the CON -- What works best in practice? …”

Table of Contents: “…Economic crises and systemic failure : why we need to rethink the global economy -- Primary health care : a review and critical appraisal of its 'revitalisation' -- Financing health care : aiming for long-term solutions -- Health financing models that make health systems work : case studies from Costa Rica, Sri Lanka, and Thailand -- Dysfunctional health systems : case studies from China, India, and the US -- Achieving a shared goal : free universal health care in Ghana -- Maternal mortality : need for a broad framework of intervention -- Research for health -- Pandemic influenza preparedness : in search of a global health ethos -- Mental health and inequality -- The global food crisis -- Health information, conflict, and the right to health -- Trade and health -- The future is now : genetic promises and speculative finance -- Climate crisis -- Challenging the population : climate connection -- World Health Organization : captive to conflicting interests -- UNICEF and the 'medicalisation' of malnutrition in children -- Conflicts of interest within philanthrocapitalism -- The pharmaceutical industry and pharmaceutical endeavour -- Health and global security : reasons for concern -- The International Health Partnership : glass half full or half empty? …”

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Table of Contents: “…-- This market needs regulation -- Putting doctors together -- Why groups should take financial risk -- A real-world model for reform -- The end of insurance as we know it -- Getting down to nuts and bolts -- Universal health care -- Toward uniform hospital pricing -- Let "hospitalists" take charge -- Health planning and the CON -- What works best in practice? …”
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Table of Contents: “…Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) -- United States Public Health Service (USPHS) -- Universal health care -- Vaccination -- Vaping/e-cigarettes -- Veterinary medicine -- Violence -- Visual health -- Vitamins -- Vulnerable populations -- Water -- West Nile virus -- Whooping cough -- Women's health -- Workplace safety -- World Health Organization (WHO) -- Yellow fever -- Zika fever -- Zoonosis.…”
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