Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction. Why No National Health Insurance in the United States? 1
6. 1 The Political Economy of American Health Care: An Overview, 1910–2000 12
7. 2 Bargaining for Health: Private Health Insurance and Public Policy 46
8. 3 Between Contract and Charity: Health Care and the Dilemmas of Social Insurance 90
9. 4 Socialized Medicine and Other Afflictions: The Political Culture of the Health Debate 136
10. 5 Health Care in Black and White: Race, Region, and Health Politics 172
11. 6 Private Interests and Public Policy: Health Care’s Corporate Compromise 210
12. 7 Silenced Majority: American Politics and the Dilemmas of Health Reform 261
13. Conclusion The Past and Future of Health Politics 297
14. Archival Sources 303
15. Index 307
16. Backmatter 317