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Why U.S. health care reform is so difficult


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TitleWhy U.S. health care reform is so difficult
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1994
AuthorsAchenbaum, Andrew W.
JournalHastings Center Report
Volume24
Issue5
Pagination23-25
Type of ArticleArticle
Publication Languageeng
ISSN Number00930334
Accession Number9410277553
KeywordsGovernment , HEALTH , United
Abstract

Discusses the difficulty of achieving health care reform in the United States. Why promoting `the general welfare' is difficult in a country where progress is measured incrementally; Provisions of the Social Security Act of 1935; The Kerr-Mills Act (1960); Medicaid and Medicare; 1972 Social Security amendments; Americans with Disabilities Act (1992).

Notes

Achenbaum, W. Andrew; Source Info: Sep/Oct94, Vol. 24 Issue 5, p23; Subject Term: HEALTH insurance; Subject Term: GOVERNMENT policy; Subject Term: UNITED States; Number of Pages: 3p; Document Type: Article; Full Text Word Count: 2499

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